Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
सहस्रसंख्यया तत्र कुण्डानां मंडपावधि । तत्र ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे प्रतिष्ठायज्ञकोविदाः
sahasrasaṃkhyayā tatra kuṇḍānāṃ maṃḍapāvadhi | tatra te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve pratiṣṭhāyajñakovidāḥ
Allí había miles de kuṇḍas, altares de fuego, que se extendían por todos los pabellones; y allí mismo se congregaron todos aquellos brāhmaṇas, versados en las consagraciones (pratiṣṭhā) y en los ritos del yajña.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sea of fire-altars—rows upon rows—each within pavilions; groups of brāhmaṇas arrive and take their assigned places, carrying kuśa, ladles, and ritual vessels, faces composed and focused.
FAQs
Sacred power is sustained by learned custodians of ritual—knowledge and discipline make worship effective.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, depicted as a vast ritual landscape filled with consecrated fire-altars.
The presence and use of numerous kuṇḍas and the involvement of experts in pratiṣṭhā (consecration) and yajña.