Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108
माता रुद्राणां दुहिता वसूनां पूर्वाह्ने चैव पूजयेत् । मध्याह्ने पूजयेद्देवि तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
mātā rudrāṇāṃ duhitā vasūnāṃ pūrvāhne caiva pūjayet | madhyāhne pūjayeddevi tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
Pada waktu pagi, hendaknya ia memuja dengan “mātā rudrāṇāṃ, duhitā vasūnām…”. Pada tengah hari, wahai Dewi, hendaknya ia memuja dengan “tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam…”.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (time-based mantra stations)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed to ‘Devi’ (explicit vocative), and by extension the audience
Scene: Two time-panels: forenoon—devotee worships a radiant motherly goddess presence (Aditi/earthly-cosmic) with gentle offerings; midday—devotee stands under a blazing sun, eyes lifted, reciting ‘tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam’ as a luminous Viṣṇu-footprint/step symbol appears in the sky above the temple horizon.
FAQs
The tīrtha embraces the full Vedic vision—honoring divine families and the supreme step of Viṣṇu through time-ordered worship.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a place where structured, time-specific Vedic recitations sanctify the pilgrimage.
Forenoon worship with “mātā rudrāṇām…”, and midday worship with “tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam…”.