Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
प्रोक्ता भवद्भि र्यज्ञेऽस्मिन्ननुगृह्योऽस्मि सर्वदा । पत्नी ममेयं गायत्री यज्ञेऽस्मिन्ननुगृह्यताम्
proktā bhavadbhi ryajñe'sminnanugṛhyo'smi sarvadā | patnī mameyaṃ gāyatrī yajñe'sminnanugṛhyatām
ഈ യജ്ഞത്തിൽ നിങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞും നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചും അനുഗ്രഹിച്ചതിനാൽ ഞാൻ എപ്പോഴും പ്രസാദിതനാണ്. ഇവൾ എന്റെ ഭാര്യ ഗായത്രി—ഈ യജ്ഞത്തിൽ അവളെയും കൃപാപൂർവ്വം സ്വീകരിക്കണമേ.
Brahmā (most consistent with ‘my wife is Gāyatrī’ within the preceding consecration/marriage context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a consecrated yajña-maṇḍapa at Prabhāsa, Brahmā addresses the assembled ṛtviks, expressing gratitude and formally presenting his wife Gāyatrī for acceptance into the rite; fire-altar glows, ladles and kuśa arranged, priests attentive.
FAQs
A yajña becomes complete through śakti and sanctified partnership; grace (anugraha) is central to spiritual fruition.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Gāyatrī’s acceptance in the yajña is narrated as a sacred, place-linked event.
The formal acceptance of the patnī (wife) into the yajña—patnī-saṃyoga as a condition of ritual completeness.