Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
बृहस्पतेस्तु भगिनी विश्रुता ब्रह्मवादिनी । प्रभासस्य तु सा पत्नी वसूनामष्टमस्य वै
bṛhaspatestu bhaginī viśrutā brahmavādinī | prabhāsasya tu sā patnī vasūnāmaṣṭamasya vai
Ang kapatid na babae ni Bṛhaspati—tanyag bilang brahmavādinī, ang nakaaalam at nagpapahayag ng Brahman—ay naging asawa ni Prabhāsa, ang ikawalong Vasu.
Sūta (deduced for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brahmavādinī (Bṛhaspati’s sister) depicted with Vedic manuscript and japa-mālā, standing beside the luminous Vasu Prabhāsa, whose body radiates light like dawn over the sea; the kṣetra’s glow is mirrored in their union.
FAQs
Vedic wisdom and cosmic guardianship are intertwined; the Purāṇa links teachers (Bṛhaspati’s family) with the Vasus who uphold order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is implicitly glorified through association with Prabhāsa, the Vasu whose name resonates with the region’s sanctity.
None explicitly; the verse is primarily identificatory (relationships among divine figures).
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