Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । बालरूपीति यत्प्रोक्तमुन्नतं तत्कथं वद । स्थानेष्वन्येषु सर्वत्र वृद्धरूपी पितामहः
devyuvāca | bālarūpīti yatproktamunnataṃ tatkathaṃ vada | sthāneṣvanyeṣu sarvatra vṛddharūpī pitāmahaḥ
দেৱীয়ে ক’লে: আপুনি ক’লে যে (ব্ৰহ্মা) উন্নত-স্থানত বাল-ৰূপী—সেয়া কেনেকৈ, কৃপা কৰি কওক। আন সকলো ঠাইতে পিতামহ ব্ৰহ্মা বৃদ্ধ-ৰূপেই চিত্ৰিত।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Unnata-sthāna (Bāla-Brahmā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Devī, poised and inquisitive, questions Īśvara about the child-form of Brahmā at Unnata-sthāna, contrasting it with the common aged depiction of Pitāmaha elsewhere.
FAQs
Sacred places can reveal unique divine manifestations; inquiry and listening (śravaṇa) are part of understanding māhātmya.
Unnata-sthāna in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, noted for a distinctive form of Brahmā.
None; this verse frames a theological question about the deity’s form at the site.