Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
अथे भवदनः प्राह त्वां देवि विनयान्वितः । किं करोमि विशालाक्षि आदेशो दीयतां मम
athe bhavadanaḥ prāha tvāṃ devi vinayānvitaḥ | kiṃ karomi viśālākṣi ādeśo dīyatāṃ mama
अथ भवदनः विनयान्वितः सन् त्वां देवि प्राह— ‘किं करोमि विशालाक्षि? मम आदेशो दीयताम्।’
Bhavadana (the newly manifested being; elephant-faced figure in context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: Bhavadana stands with folded hands before the Goddess, eyes lowered in humility, asking for her command; the atmosphere is reverent and expectant.
FAQs
Power must be guided by dharmic instruction; humility before the Divine is the proper beginning of service.
Prabhāsakṣetra through the commissioning of a protector/obstacle-agent related to Somanātha.
None; it is a request for divine आदेश (command) rather than a ritual rule.