Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
कस्मिन्स्थाने स्थितस्तत्र किमर्थं तत्र वा गतः । कथं स पूज्यो विप्रेन्द्रैस्तिथौ कस्यां क्रमाद्वद
kasminsthāne sthitastatra kimarthaṃ tatra vā gataḥ | kathaṃ sa pūjyo viprendraistithau kasyāṃ kramādvada
Di tempat manakah tepatnya Baginda bersemayam di sana, dan atas sebab apa Baginda pergi ke sana? Bagaimanakah para brāhmaṇa yang utama harus memuja-Nya, dan pada tithi (hari bulan) yang mana—jelaskanlah menurut tertibnya.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Unnata-sthāna (Brahmā-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Devī asks for a step-by-step account: the exact location, the reason for Brahmā’s establishment, the method of worship by eminent brāhmaṇas, and the specific tithi.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma values right place, right time (tithi), and right procedure—devotion is guided by sacred order (krama).
Unnata-sthāna in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, associated with Brahmā.
It requests details of pūjā-vidhi and the appropriate tithi for worship (the prescription itself follows in subsequent verses).