Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
प्रबुद्धश्चोत्थितस्तत्र देवपूजाकरो नरः । कोऽयं कोयमिति प्रोच्चैर्व्याहरत्परिघायुधः
prabuddhaścotthitastatra devapūjākaro naraḥ | ko'yaṃ koyamiti proccairvyāharatparighāyudhaḥ
అక్కడ దేవపూజ చేసే మనిషి మేల్కొని లేచి నిలబడ్డాడు. గదను ఆయుధంగా పట్టుకొని, “ఎవడు? ఎవడు?” అని గట్టిగా కేక వేసాడు.
Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śiva-ālaya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sleeping worshipper jolts awake near the sanctum, gripping a club, shouting into the dark; the lamp’s last glow outlines pillars and the liṅga doorway.
FAQs
Sacred worship and its instruments are to be protected; dharma asserts itself through vigilance within holy places.
A Śiva-temple in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context; the verse emphasizes temple sanctity rather than naming a tīrtha.
It references deva-pūjā (deity worship) as an ongoing temple practice, but prescribes no specific rite.