Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
बिभ्रती तत्र पूर्णं सा कुम्भं कन्येत्यचोदयत् । तां गृहीत्वा ततः शक्रः समायाद्यत्र दीक्षितः । देवदेवश्चतुर्वक्त्रो विष्णुरुद्रसमन्वितः
bibhratī tatra pūrṇaṃ sā kumbhaṃ kanyetyacodayat | tāṃ gṛhītvā tataḥ śakraḥ samāyādyatra dīkṣitaḥ | devadevaścaturvaktro viṣṇurudrasamanvitaḥ
وہ وہاں بھرا ہوا گھڑا اٹھائے کھڑی تھی؛ شکر نے اسے پکارا، “اے دوشیزہ!” پھر اسے ساتھ لے کر شکر اس مقام پر آیا جہاں دِیکشا جاری تھی—جہاں دیودیو چتروَکتْر برہما، وشنو اور رودر کے ساتھ موجود تھا۔
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A maiden stands with a full water-pot (pūrṇa-kumbha). Indra calls to her and brings her to the consecration site where Brahmā (four-faced) is present with Viṣṇu and Rudra—an assembly of the trinity around a ritual space.
FAQs
Ritual power is upheld by purity, readiness, and divine alignment—symbolized by the full kumbha and the presence of the great deities.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a convergence-point of the Trimūrti and Vedic consecrations.
Dīkṣā (consecration/initiation) for the yajña is referenced, along with ritual implements such as the pūrṇa-kumbha.