Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
क्षेत्रे प्राभासिके देव बालरूपी पितामहः । स कथं पूज्यते लोकैः परब्रह्मस्वरूपवान्
kṣetre prābhāsike deva bālarūpī pitāmahaḥ | sa kathaṃ pūjyate lokaiḥ parabrahmasvarūpavān
হে দেৱ, প্ৰাভাসিক পবিত্ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত পিতামহ ব্ৰহ্মা বালকৰূপে বিদ্যমান। যিজন পৰব্ৰহ্মস্বৰূপ, তেওঁক লোকসকলে কেনেকৈ পূজা কৰে?
Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bāla-Pitāmaha/Brahmā presence)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara/Śiva
Scene: Devī asks about worship in Prabhāsa where Pitāmaha appears as a child, yet is of the nature of Supreme Brahman; the scene invites depiction of a child-Brahmā icon in a coastal shrine setting.
FAQs
The Supreme can be approached through approachable sacred forms; Devī asks how transcendent Brahman is honored via Brahmā’s icon.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prābhāsika kṣetra), highlighting Brahmā’s presence there in a distinctive child-form.
No steps are given yet; the verse is an inquiry about the correct method of worship.