Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
अथे भवदनः प्राह त्वां देवि विनयान्वितः । किं करोमि विशालाक्षि आदेशो दीयतां मम
athe bhavadanaḥ prāha tvāṃ devi vinayānvitaḥ | kiṃ karomi viśālākṣi ādeśo dīyatāṃ mama
Alors Bhavadana, rempli d’humilité, te dit, ô Déesse : « Que dois-je faire, ô toi aux grands yeux ? Accorde-moi ton ordre. »
Bhavadana (the newly manifested being; elephant-faced figure in context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: Bhavadana stands with folded hands before the Goddess, eyes lowered in humility, asking for her command; the atmosphere is reverent and expectant.
FAQs
Power must be guided by dharmic instruction; humility before the Divine is the proper beginning of service.
Prabhāsakṣetra through the commissioning of a protector/obstacle-agent related to Somanātha.
None; it is a request for divine आदेश (command) rather than a ritual rule.