Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्य वामे स्थितो विष्णुर्वराह इति यः स्मृतः । तस्य दक्षिणभागे तु स्थितो ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः । कपर्द्दिरूपमास्थाय सावित्र्याः कोपकारणात्
tasya vāme sthito viṣṇurvarāha iti yaḥ smṛtaḥ | tasya dakṣiṇabhāge tu sthito brahmā prajāpatiḥ | kaparddirūpamāsthāya sāvitryāḥ kopakāraṇāt
उसके वाम भाग में विष्णु वराह-रूप से स्मरण किए जाते हैं, और दक्षिण भाग में प्रजापति ब्रह्मा स्थित हैं। तथा सावित्री के क्रोध-कारण से उसने ‘कपर्द्दी’ रूप धारण किया।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Someśvara-sannidhi with Varāha and Brahmā presence (Prabhāsa)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: A central Someśvara-liṅga with Viṣṇu as Varāha standing to the left and Brahmā Prajāpati to the right; an additional emblem of 'Kaparddī' (matted/knotted hair icon) indicates a specific manifested form linked to Sāvitrī’s anger episode.
FAQs
Pilgrimage theology integrates cosmic functions—preservation (Viṣṇu), creation (Brahmā), and transcendence (Śiva)—around a single sacred center.
Prabhāsakṣetra’s Someśvara Liṅga precinct, described with attendant divine presences.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse provides sacred iconographic and mythic context for darśana at the site.
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