Matsya Purana — Prayaga Mahatmya: Trimurti Presence, Shloka 2
*मार्कण्डेय उवाच शृणु राजन्प्रयागे तु प्रोक्तं सर्वमिदं जगत् ब्रह्मा विष्णुस्तथेशानो देवताः प्रभुरव्ययः //
*mārkaṇḍeya uvāca śṛṇu rājanprayāge tu proktaṃ sarvamidaṃ jagat brahmā viṣṇustatheśāno devatāḥ prabhuravyayaḥ //
Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Dengarlah, wahai Raja; di Prayāga seluruh jagat ini dinyatakan dan dimanifestasikan—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, demikian pula Īśāna (Śiva), para dewa, dan Tuhan yang tak binasa.”
FAQs
It does not narrate Pralaya directly; it frames Prayāga as a supreme sacred locus where the cosmic principles represented by Brahmā (creation), Viṣṇu (preservation), and Īśāna/Śiva (dissolution) are acknowledged together.
By addressing the listener as “O King,” the verse positions pilgrimage and attentive hearing of tīrtha-mahātmyas as part of rājadarma—cultivating dharma through reverence to holy places and honoring the divine order embodied by the major deities.
No explicit Vāstu or iconographic rule is stated; the ritual takeaway is the primacy of Prayāga as a tīrtha where worship/recitation is understood to connect one to the Trimūrti and the imperishable Lord.