Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
तं ज्ञात्वा सांप्रतं कालं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । मनसा चिन्तयामास पुष्कराणि समाहितः
taṃ jñātvā sāṃprataṃ kālaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | manasā cintayāmāsa puṣkarāṇi samāhitaḥ
เมื่อทรงทราบว่ากาลปัจจุบันมาถึงแล้ว พระพรหมผู้เป็นปิตามหะแห่งโลกทั้งหลาย จึงตั้งจิตแน่วแน่รำพึงถึงปุษกรทั้งหลาย
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Skanda depending on frame, not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Puṣkarāṇi / Puṣkara-traya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, serene and four-faced, sits in meditation; with inward focus he contemplates the Puṣkaras, as subtle luminous forms begin to appear in his mind’s space.
FAQs
A concentrated mind (samādhi-like focus) is presented as the source of sacred action and the unfolding of holy places.
Puṣkara and its associated sacred manifestations (Puṣkaras) are invoked.
Mental recollection/meditation (smaraṇa and samāhita-citta) as a preparatory sacred act.