Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य प्रबुद्धो मुनिसत्तमः । अपश्यत्पांसुभिर्व्याप्तं तत्सर्वं शिवमन्दिरम्
kasyacittvatha kālasya prabuddho munisattamaḥ | apaśyatpāṃsubhirvyāptaṃ tatsarvaṃ śivamandiram
Après quelque temps, le plus éminent des sages s’éveilla et vit que tout le temple de Śiva était enveloppé de poussière.
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (dust-covered Śiva-mandira)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: The sage awakens from long meditation and beholds the Śiva temple entirely blanketed in dust; his gaze mixes sorrow and resolve, as if preparing to restore the shrine.
FAQs
Awakening is followed by responsibility—seeing neglect of a sacred place becomes a call to restore and worship.
Prabhāsakṣetra, through the motif of a hidden/covered Śiva shrine awaiting renewed devotion.
No explicit rite; it prepares for the practical act of clearing the area to make worship possible.