Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
महादेवनियोगेन पितामहमुपस्थिता । तामाह भगवान्ब्रह्मा दक्षस्य दुहिता भव
mahādevaniyogena pitāmahamupasthitā | tāmāha bhagavānbrahmā dakṣasya duhitā bhava
మహాదేవుని ఆజ్ఞచేత ఆమె పితామహుడు బ్రహ్మదేవుని సమీపానికి చేరింది. అప్పుడు భగవాన్ బ్రహ్మ ఆమెతో— “నీవు దక్షుని కుమార్తెవై భవించు” అని పలికెను.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine maiden (Satī’s destined form) approaches four-faced Brahmā seated on a lotus-throne; Śiva’s command is implied as an unseen presence; Brahmā pronounces the boon: ‘Be Dakṣa’s daughter.’
FAQs
Divine will operates through orderly birth and lineage, showing how cosmic purposes unfold within dharmic genealogies.
The account is narrated within the Prabhāsa region’s Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya, linking sacred history to place.
None; it is an instruction about incarnation/birth, not a rite.