Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
बिभ्रती तत्र पूर्णं सा कुम्भं कन्येत्यचोदयत् । तां गृहीत्वा ततः शक्रः समायाद्यत्र दीक्षितः । देवदेवश्चतुर्वक्त्रो विष्णुरुद्रसमन्वितः
bibhratī tatra pūrṇaṃ sā kumbhaṃ kanyetyacodayat | tāṃ gṛhītvā tataḥ śakraḥ samāyādyatra dīkṣitaḥ | devadevaścaturvaktro viṣṇurudrasamanvitaḥ
ती तेथे भरलेला कुंभ धारण करून उभी होती; (इंद्राने) ‘कन्ये!’ असे म्हणत तिला हाक मारली. तिला घेऊन शक्र त्या स्थानी आला जिथे दीक्षा चालू होती—जिथे देवदेव चतुर्मुख ब्रह्मा, विष्णु व रुद्र यांसह विराजमान होते।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A maiden stands with a full water-pot (pūrṇa-kumbha). Indra calls to her and brings her to the consecration site where Brahmā (four-faced) is present with Viṣṇu and Rudra—an assembly of the trinity around a ritual space.
FAQs
Ritual power is upheld by purity, readiness, and divine alignment—symbolized by the full kumbha and the presence of the great deities.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a convergence-point of the Trimūrti and Vedic consecrations.
Dīkṣā (consecration/initiation) for the yajña is referenced, along with ritual implements such as the pūrṇa-kumbha.