Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
ईश्वर उवाच । वेदपादो यूपदंष्ट्रः क्रतुदंतःस्रुचीमुखः । अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षा महातपाः
īśvara uvāca | vedapādo yūpadaṃṣṭraḥ kratudaṃtaḥsrucīmukhaḥ | agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣā mahātapāḥ
Īśvara dit : «Ses pieds étaient les Veda ; ses défenses, les yūpa, poteaux du sacrifice ; ses dents, les rites (kratu) ; sa bouche, la louche rituelle (srucī). Sa langue était le feu ; ses poils, l’herbe kuśa ; sa tête était Brahmā — il était d’une grande austérité».
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A colossal Varāha-form whose limbs are mapped to Vedic components: Vedas as feet, yūpa as tusks, kratu as teeth, sruc as mouth, Agni as tongue, kuśa as body-hair, Brahmā as head—standing at the edge of the cosmic ocean with sacrificial radiance.
FAQs
The divine is presented as identical with yajña—Vedic order is not merely a ritual but a cosmic body sustaining creation.
The verse praises Yajñavarāha as part of the Prabhāsa tīrtha-origin narrative leading to Karddamāla.
No explicit prescription, but it sacralizes Vedic yajña elements (yūpa, ladle, darbha, fire) as divine limbs.