Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
भृगोः पुत्रो महाभागः सभार्यस्तपसि स्थितः । तस्य पुत्रस्तदा जातो वसतस्तु वनांतरे
bhṛgoḥ putro mahābhāgaḥ sabhāryastapasi sthitaḥ | tasya putrastadā jāto vasatastu vanāṃtare
وہ بھِرگو کا نہایت بابرکت بیٹا تھا، جو اپنی زوجہ کے ساتھ تپسیا میں مقیم تھا۔ جب وہ جنگل کے آشرم میں رہتا تھا تو اسی وقت اس کے ہاں ایک بیٹا پیدا ہوا۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene forest hermitage: a Bhr̥gu-descended sage with his wife engaged in tapas; a newborn child in a leaf-thatched āśrama, with sacrificial implements and quiet woodland light.
FAQs
Austerity grounded in household dharma (with one’s spouse) and forest-discipline is portrayed as a fertile ground for sacred destinies.
The immediate verse is genealogical, but it serves the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s larger frame that glorifies Śaiva sacred power.
Tapas (austerity) is highlighted as the operative discipline; no specific vrata or pūjā items are enumerated in this line.