Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
ईश्वर उवाच । दक्षो ब्रह्मसुतो देवि प्रजापतिरिति स्मृतः । तस्य कन्याः पुरा षष्टिर्ददौ धर्माय वै दश
īśvara uvāca | dakṣo brahmasuto devi prajāpatiriti smṛtaḥ | tasya kanyāḥ purā ṣaṣṭirdadau dharmāya vai daśa
ईश्वर म्हणाले—हे देवी, दक्ष हा ब्रह्मदेवाचा पुत्र असून ‘प्रजापती’ म्हणून स्मरण केला जातो. पूर्वी त्याच्या साठ कन्या होत्या; त्यांपैकी दहा त्याने धर्माला दिल्या.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Pratyūṣeśvara (contextual; legend introduction)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva begins recounting: Dakṣa, son of Brahmā, Prajāpati; a visual genealogical tableau shows Brahmā, Dakṣa, and the sixty daughters, with ten being given to Dharma—symbolic of cosmic order.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s greatness is framed through dhārmic lineage: cosmic order (Dharma) and progenitors (Prajāpatis) sustain sacred history.
Indirectly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the genealogy sets up the story of Pratyūṣa connected to the Pratyūṣeśvara-liṅga.
None; this verse provides genealogical background (vaṃśa-kathā).