Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । बालरूपीति यत्प्रोक्तमुन्नतं तत्कथं वद । स्थानेष्वन्येषु सर्वत्र वृद्धरूपी पितामहः
devyuvāca | bālarūpīti yatproktamunnataṃ tatkathaṃ vada | sthāneṣvanyeṣu sarvatra vṛddharūpī pitāmahaḥ
Dewi berkata: Engkau telah menyatakan bahawa (Brahmā) berwujud kanak-kanak di Unnata-sthāna—jelaskan kepadaku bagaimana hal itu terjadi. Di tempat-tempat lain, Pitāmaha (Brahmā) digambarkan dalam rupa tua.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Unnata-sthāna (Bāla-Brahmā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Devī, poised and inquisitive, questions Īśvara about the child-form of Brahmā at Unnata-sthāna, contrasting it with the common aged depiction of Pitāmaha elsewhere.
FAQs
Sacred places can reveal unique divine manifestations; inquiry and listening (śravaṇa) are part of understanding māhātmya.
Unnata-sthāna in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, noted for a distinctive form of Brahmā.
None; this verse frames a theological question about the deity’s form at the site.