Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
पश्यन्नुद्द्योतितमुखं ब्रह्माणं सुकटीतटम् । रक्तवर्णं चतुर्बाहुं वरदाभयहस्तकम् । एवं यश्चिंतयेद्देवं ब्रह्मभक्तः स उच्यते
paśyannuddyotitamukhaṃ brahmāṇaṃ sukaṭītaṭam | raktavarṇaṃ caturbāhuṃ varadābhayahastakam | evaṃ yaściṃtayeddevaṃ brahmabhaktaḥ sa ucyate
وہ برہما کو دیکھتا ہے جس کا چہرہ نور سے دمکتا ہے—خوبصورت کمر و کولہوں والا، سرخ رنگت، چار بازوؤں والا، اور ور دینے اور بےخوفی بخشنے والے ہاتھوں والا۔ جو یوں دیوتا کا چنتن کرے، وہ برہما بھکت کہلاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Close darśana of Brahmā: radiant visage, graceful waist, red complexion, four arms; two hands in varada and abhaya; the devotee’s gaze fixed, as if seeing the deity within the heart-lotus.
FAQs
Devotion is validated by sustained contemplative remembrance (dhyāna) aligned with the deity’s sacred form and qualities.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose mahatmya includes both ritual and meditative pathways of worship.
Meditatively visualize Brahmā with a radiant face, red hue, four arms, and hands in varada and abhaya; this constitutes Brahmā-bhakti.
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