Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
बृहस्पतेस्तु भगिनी विश्रुता ब्रह्मवादिनी । प्रभासस्य तु सा पत्नी वसूनामष्टमस्य वै
bṛhaspatestu bhaginī viśrutā brahmavādinī | prabhāsasya tu sā patnī vasūnāmaṣṭamasya vai
Bṛhaspati’s sister—renowned as a knower and speaker of brahman—became the wife of Prabhāsa, the eighth of the Vasus.
Sūta (deduced for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brahmavādinī (Bṛhaspati’s sister) depicted with Vedic manuscript and japa-mālā, standing beside the luminous Vasu Prabhāsa, whose body radiates light like dawn over the sea; the kṣetra’s glow is mirrored in their union.
FAQs
Vedic wisdom and cosmic guardianship are intertwined; the Purāṇa links teachers (Bṛhaspati’s family) with the Vasus who uphold order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is implicitly glorified through association with Prabhāsa, the Vasu whose name resonates with the region’s sanctity.
None explicitly; the verse is primarily identificatory (relationships among divine figures).
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