Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
भृगोः पुत्रो महाभागः सभार्यस्तपसि स्थितः । तस्य पुत्रस्तदा जातो वसतस्तु वनांतरे
bhṛgoḥ putro mahābhāgaḥ sabhāryastapasi sthitaḥ | tasya putrastadā jāto vasatastu vanāṃtare
Il était le fils fortuné de Bhṛgu, demeurant dans l’austérité avec son épouse. Et tandis qu’il vivait dans un ermitage au cœur de la forêt, un fils lui naquit alors.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene forest hermitage: a Bhr̥gu-descended sage with his wife engaged in tapas; a newborn child in a leaf-thatched āśrama, with sacrificial implements and quiet woodland light.
FAQs
Austerity grounded in household dharma (with one’s spouse) and forest-discipline is portrayed as a fertile ground for sacred destinies.
The immediate verse is genealogical, but it serves the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s larger frame that glorifies Śaiva sacred power.
Tapas (austerity) is highlighted as the operative discipline; no specific vrata or pūjā items are enumerated in this line.