Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
देव्युवाच । कस्मिन्स्थाने स्थिता देव दूत्यस्ताः क्षेत्ररक्षिकाः । कस्य ताः कथमाराध्याः कथं पूज्या जगत्पते
devyuvāca | kasminsthāne sthitā deva dūtyastāḥ kṣetrarakṣikāḥ | kasya tāḥ kathamārādhyāḥ kathaṃ pūjyā jagatpate
ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ജഗത്പതേ! ആ ക്ഷേത്രരക്ഷക ദൂതിമാർ ഏത് സ്ഥലത്ത് നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു? അവർ ആരുടെ സേവികമാർ? അവരെ എങ്ങനെ ആരാധിക്കണം, എങ്ങനെ പൂജിക്കണം?
Devī (Pārvatī/Śakti)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Umā (Devī) respectfully questions Īśvara about the dūtīs who guard Prabhāsa-kṣetra—where they stand, whose attendants they are, and the correct mode of worship.
FAQs
Proper pilgrimage includes inquiry into place-based divinities—where they reside, whom they serve, and the correct mode of worship.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as protected by kṣetra-rakṣikā dūtīs.
A request for instructions on ārādhana and pūjā of the kṣetra-guardians (details expected in following verses).