Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अष्टाविंशतिमे तत्र देवि प्राप्ते चतुर्युगे । कारणात्मा यथोत्पन्नः कपर्द्दी तत्र मे शृणु
aṣṭāviṃśatime tatra devi prāpte caturyuge | kāraṇātmā yathotpannaḥ kaparddī tatra me śṛṇu
Ô Déesse, lorsque survint là le vingt-huitième cycle des quatre yuga, écoute de moi comment Kaparddī—dont l’essence est la Cause première—se manifesta alors.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Kaparddī-udbhava context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A narrator addressing Devī, pointing to a cosmic calendar motif—'28th caturyuga'—while a luminous causal presence (kāraṇātman) begins to condense into the Kaparddī form over the Prabhāsa landscape.
FAQs
Sacred history is mapped onto cosmic time; the Māhātmya situates local worship within vast cycles of dharma and decline.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as the narrative context for Kaparddī’s manifestation and worship.
None directly; it introduces an origin narrative meant to ground faith and proper worship.