Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
तं दृष्ट्वा तु द्विजाः सर्वे लिंगं दृष्ट्वा समीपतः । कथमेतदिति प्रोचुर्विश्वकर्मन्ब्रवीहि नः । कस्मादत्र स्थितस्त्वं वै शिल्पिकोटिसमन्वितः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu dvijāḥ sarve liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā samīpataḥ | kathametaditi procurviśvakarmanbravīhi naḥ | kasmādatra sthitastvaṃ vai śilpikoṭisamanvitaḥ
ครั้นเห็นท่าน และเห็นลึงค์อยู่ใกล้ ๆ ทวิชะทั้งหลายจึงทูลถามว่า: “โอ้ วิศวกรรมัน โปรดบอกเราเถิด—เหตุไฉนจึงเป็นเช่นนี้? เหตุใดท่านจึงสถิตอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ พร้อมด้วยช่างนับโกฏิ?”
Brāhmaṇas (Dvipras)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-sannidhi)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied Purāṇic audience; within story, brāhmaṇas address Viśvakarman
Scene: Brāhmaṇas stand near a radiant liṅga; before them Viśvakarman appears with innumerable artisans—celestial craftsmen holding tools—while the brāhmaṇas question him with reverent urgency.
FAQs
Sacred symbols (like the liṅga) are guarded and served through divinely ordered means; dharma includes protection and proper stewardship.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, shown as a place where a liṅga is present and divinely protected.
No direct prescription; the verse frames inquiry into the purpose of liṅga-rakṣaṇa and ritual-site arrangements.