Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108
माता रुद्राणां दुहिता वसूनां पूर्वाह्ने चैव पूजयेत् । मध्याह्ने पूजयेद्देवि तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
mātā rudrāṇāṃ duhitā vasūnāṃ pūrvāhne caiva pūjayet | madhyāhne pūjayeddevi tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
ในยามก่อนเที่ยง พึงบูชาด้วย “มาตา รุทราณาม ทุหิตา วสูนาม…” และในยามเที่ยง โอ้เทวี พึงบูชาด้วย “ตัท วิษโณห์ ปรมัง ปทัม…”
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (time-based mantra stations)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed to ‘Devi’ (explicit vocative), and by extension the audience
Scene: Two time-panels: forenoon—devotee worships a radiant motherly goddess presence (Aditi/earthly-cosmic) with gentle offerings; midday—devotee stands under a blazing sun, eyes lifted, reciting ‘tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam’ as a luminous Viṣṇu-footprint/step symbol appears in the sky above the temple horizon.
FAQs
The tīrtha embraces the full Vedic vision—honoring divine families and the supreme step of Viṣṇu through time-ordered worship.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a place where structured, time-specific Vedic recitations sanctify the pilgrimage.
Forenoon worship with “mātā rudrāṇām…”, and midday worship with “tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam…”.