Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 167
पात्रं शिलामयं ह्यासीत्तेन शैलाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । श्रूयते वृक्षवीरुद्भिः पुनर्दुग्धा वसुन्धरा
pātraṃ śilāmayaṃ hyāsīttena śailāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | śrūyate vṛkṣavīrudbhiḥ punardugdhā vasundharā
Bejananya sesungguhnya diperbuat daripada batu; dengan itu gunung-ganang ditegakkan kukuh. Dan didengar juga bahawa Vasundharā (Bumi) diperah lagi—kali ini melalui pokok-pokok dan tumbuhan menjalar.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A rugged stone vessel is shown receiving the earth’s yield; mountains become ‘set’ and immovable. The narration then turns to another milking—by trees and creepers—hinting at a shift from mineral to vegetal abundance.
FAQs
Stability (mountains) and sustenance (plants) are sacred supports of life, emerging through divinely guided order.
The passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, providing a cosmic backdrop to the sanctity of the region.
No explicit rite; it is descriptive theology about creation and provisioning.