Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90
ततः प्रभृति ते तस्य पाषाणा मृदुतां गताः । गृहदेवकुलार्थाय गृह्यंते शिल्पिभिः सह
tataḥ prabhṛti te tasya pāṣāṇā mṛdutāṃ gatāḥ | gṛhadevakulārthāya gṛhyaṃte śilpibhiḥ saha
அதன் பின்னர் அந்த இடத்தின் கற்கள் மென்மையடைந்தன; கைவினைஞர்கள் அவற்றை குடும்பத் தெய்வங்களுக்கான இல்லத் திருக்கோயில், தேவாரை அமைக்க ஏற்றதாகக் கொண்டு எடுத்துச் செல்கின்றனர்.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Artisans quarry and shape unusually soft stones from the sacred place, crafting small household chapels for family deities; the stones seem pliant, blessed by the earlier miracle.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity can extend into daily Dharma—sacred places provide materials and inspiration for worship even in the home.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as miraculously providing workable stone for devotional construction.
The implied practice is establishing gṛhadevatā shrines (home worship) using sanctified materials; no formal rite is detailed here.