Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
उपक्षिप्ता सनं यत्तु होतुरर्थे हिरण्मयम् । निषसाद स गर्तो ऽत्र हिरण्यकशिपुस्ततः
upakṣiptā sanaṃ yattu hoturarthe hiraṇmayam | niṣasāda sa garto 'tra hiraṇyakaśipustataḥ
होत्यासाठी सुवर्णमय आसन ठेवले गेले, तेव्हा हिरण्यकशिपू येथे एका गर्तात (खड्ड्यात) बसला।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (garta-sthāna, implied micro-site)
Type: ghat
Scene: A golden seat prepared for the hotṛ; the daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu sits in a pit nearby—an unsettling inversion amid a luminous yajña pavilion.
FAQs
The verse highlights how adharma can intrude even into sacred ritual settings, prompting later divine correction.
No specific tīrtha is named in the verse; it remains within the Prabhāsa māhātmya narrative.
It mentions a golden seat arranged for the hotṛ in a yajña context, without prescribing a practice.