Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76
का देवता व्रते तस्मिन्के मन्त्राः किं फलं विभो । विस्तरेण महेश त्वं ब्रूहि धर्मं सनातनम्
kā devatā vrate tasminke mantrāḥ kiṃ phalaṃ vibho | vistareṇa maheśa tvaṃ brūhi dharmaṃ sanātanam
“اس ورت میں کس دیوتا کی پوجا کی جاتی ہے، کون سے منتر پڑھے جاتے ہیں، اور اس کا پھل کیا ہے، اے پروردگار؟ اے مہیش! اس سناتن دھرم کو تفصیل سے بیان فرمائیے۔”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśa (Śiva)
Scene: Devī asks pointed questions about deity, mantras, and fruits; Śiva is poised to teach. The scene emphasizes pedagogical clarity—gesture of enumeration (counting on fingers), sacred implements nearby (japa-mālā, kamaṇḍalu).
FAQs
A complete vrata rests on three pillars—devatā (focus of worship), mantra (sacred speech), and phala (intended merit)—all grounded in sanātana-dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the rules and merits of observances are taught as part of the site’s māhātmya.
It asks for the vow’s deity, mantras, and results—setting up the detailed vrata-vidhi that follows.