Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77
राज्ञी संज्ञा च द्यौस्त्वष्ट्री प्रभा सैव विभाव्यते । तस्यास्तु वलया छाया निक्षुभा सा महीयसी
rājñī saṃjñā ca dyaustvaṣṭrī prabhā saiva vibhāvyate | tasyāstu valayā chāyā nikṣubhā sā mahīyasī
وہ ملکہ ‘سنج्ञا’ ہے؛ اسے ‘دیاؤ’، ‘تواشٹری’ اور ‘پربھا’ بھی کہا جاتا ہے۔ اسی سے ‘ولیا’ اور ‘چھایا’ اور نیز عظیم ‘نکشُبھا’ ظاہر ہوئیں۔
Īśvara (narrator, as indicated in nearby verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A regal goddess identified by multiple epithets; from her presence emerge personified forms—Valayā, Chāyā, and Nikṣubhā—depicted as distinct yet connected emanations (one luminous, one shadowy, one majestic).
FAQs
Purāṇic tradition preserves many names and forms for a single divine figure, showing how one śakti can be contemplated through multiple manifestations.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred geography, though this verse functions as mythic context rather than direct tīrtha-praise.
None; the verse is descriptive (nāma-rūpa and emanations).