Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
ब्रह्मोवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव याज यामीति मे मतिः । स्थानं च यन्महापुण्यं तन्ममाख्यातुमर्हसि
brahmovāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yāja yāmīti me matiḥ | sthānaṃ ca yanmahāpuṇyaṃ tanmamākhyātumarhasi
برہما نے کہا: “اے دیو! اگر آپ مجھ سے خوش ہیں تو میری چاہت ہے کہ میں یَجْنَہ (قربانی) کروں؛ اور جو نہایت پُنیہ (باعثِ ثواب) مقدس مقام ہے، اسے مجھے بیان فرمانا آپ کے لائق ہے۔”
Brahmā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as mahā-puṇya-sthāna sought for yajña)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Mahādeva)
Scene: Brahmā, humbled yet resolute, asks Śiva for permission and guidance: he wishes to perform a yajña and requests the revelation of the most meritorious place. The setting remains the liṅga precinct, charged with tapas-earned sanctity.
FAQs
Right ritual (yajña) is to be grounded in right place (puṇya-kṣetra), showing the Purāṇic emphasis on sacred geography.
Brahmā asks Śiva to identify the ‘mahāpuṇya’ place within Prabhāsa-kṣetra where the yajña should be undertaken.
Performance of yajña is explicitly intended; the proper sacred site for it is requested.