Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ब्रह्मणा यष्टुकामेन सावित्री सहधर्मिणी । कृता तां बलतो ज्ञात्वा गायत्रीं कोपमाविशत्
brahmaṇā yaṣṭukāmena sāvitrī sahadharmiṇī | kṛtā tāṃ balato jñātvā gāyatrīṃ kopamāviśat
Lorsque Brahmā, désireux d’accomplir un sacrifice, prit Sāvitrī pour épouse légitime, Gāyatrī—comprenant que cela avait été fait par contrainte—fut saisie de colère.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrī Devī (as questioner appears later) / assembled interlocutors of the māhātmya
Scene: Brahmā prepares for yajña; Sāvitrī stands as dharma-patnī; Gāyatrī, realizing coercion, flares with controlled divine anger—an inner blaze against a ritual backdrop.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred geography is anchored in moral narrative: dharma in ritual life (yajña) and the consequences of coercion are highlighted.
The passage sets the narrative foundation for the Sāvitrī tirtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.
No direct prescription in this verse; it introduces a yajña-centered backstory that explains later sanctity and observances.