Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
प्रबुद्धश्चोत्थितस्तत्र देवपूजाकरो नरः । कोऽयं कोयमिति प्रोच्चैर्व्याहरत्परिघायुधः
prabuddhaścotthitastatra devapūjākaro naraḥ | ko'yaṃ koyamiti proccairvyāharatparighāyudhaḥ
そこにて、神への供養を司る男が目を覚まし、跳ね起きた。棍棒を武器として携え、「誰だ、誰だ」と大声で叫んだ。
Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śiva-ālaya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sleeping worshipper jolts awake near the sanctum, gripping a club, shouting into the dark; the lamp’s last glow outlines pillars and the liṅga doorway.
FAQs
Sacred worship and its instruments are to be protected; dharma asserts itself through vigilance within holy places.
A Śiva-temple in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context; the verse emphasizes temple sanctity rather than naming a tīrtha.
It references deva-pūjā (deity worship) as an ongoing temple practice, but prescribes no specific rite.