Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66
अहमाकाशरूपस्थ एवं तत्त्वमयं प्रभुः । आकाशात्स्रवते यच्च तद्बीजं ब्रह्मसंस्थितम् । स्वरूपं ब्राह्ममाश्रित्य ब्रह्मा बीजप्ररोहकः
ahamākāśarūpastha evaṃ tattvamayaṃ prabhuḥ | ākāśātsravate yacca tadbījaṃ brahmasaṃsthitam | svarūpaṃ brāhmamāśritya brahmā bījaprarohakaḥ
Aku bersemayam dalam rupa ākāśa (ruang), Tuhan yang tersusun daripada segala tattva. Apa jua yang mengalir keluar dari ruang—itulah benih yang ditegakkan dalam Brahmā. Dengan berlindung pada sifat Brahman, Brahmā menjadikan benih itu bertunas.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A vast night-sky over the Prabhāsa coast; Śiva as a luminous, space-bodied form (ākāśa-rūpa) with constellations within; from the sky descends a radiant seed into Brahmā’s lotus, which then sprouts into a cosmic tree/world-egg, while Devī listens in awe.
FAQs
Creation is portrayed as emanation from subtle principle (ākāśa/tattva) into manifest forms through Brahmā’s generative role.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the māhātmya interweaves pilgrimage praise with metaphysical explanations of divine manifestation.
None; the passage is doctrinal, offering a contemplative framework rather than a procedural rite.