Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ब्रह्मणा यष्टुकामेन सावित्री सहधर्मिणी । कृता तां बलतो ज्ञात्वा गायत्रीं कोपमाविशत्
brahmaṇā yaṣṭukāmena sāvitrī sahadharmiṇī | kṛtā tāṃ balato jñātvā gāyatrīṃ kopamāviśat
ಯಜ್ಞವನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸಲು ಬಯಸಿದ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ಸಾವಿತ್ರಿಯನ್ನು ಸಹಧರ್ಮಿಣಿಯಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡನು; ಅದು ಬಲಾತ್ಕಾರದಿಂದ ನಡೆದದೆಂದು ತಿಳಿದು ಗಾಯತ್ರಿ ಕೋಪಾವಿಷ್ಟಳಾದಳು।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrī Devī (as questioner appears later) / assembled interlocutors of the māhātmya
Scene: Brahmā prepares for yajña; Sāvitrī stands as dharma-patnī; Gāyatrī, realizing coercion, flares with controlled divine anger—an inner blaze against a ritual backdrop.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred geography is anchored in moral narrative: dharma in ritual life (yajña) and the consequences of coercion are highlighted.
The passage sets the narrative foundation for the Sāvitrī tirtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.
No direct prescription in this verse; it introduces a yajña-centered backstory that explains later sanctity and observances.