Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
त्वं तु मे भगिनी भार्या दुहिता बांधवी स्नुषा । अहं यज्ञपतिर्यज्वा त्वं च श्रद्धा सदक्षिणा
tvaṃ tu me bhaginī bhāryā duhitā bāṃdhavī snuṣā | ahaṃ yajñapatiryajvā tvaṃ ca śraddhā sadakṣiṇā
تو میرے لیے بہن، بیوی، بیٹی، قرابت دار اور بہو کے مانند ہے۔ میں یَجْنَ کا پتی اور یَجْنَ کرنے والا ہوں؛ اور تو وہ شردھا ہے جو اسے سنبھالتی ہے، اور ساتھ ہی مبارک دکشِنا بھی۔
Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya’s theistic framing and the I–you cosmic pairing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva and Devī appear as the presiding couple of a Vedic sacrifice: Śiva as yajamāna with ritual implements; Devī as embodied śraddhā holding a golden dakṣiṇā vessel, both radiant.
FAQs
Sacrifice becomes fruitful only when grounded in śraddhā (faith) and completed with dakṣiṇā (righteous giving).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha) is the setting, where divine presence is taught through ritual symbolism.
The verse highlights dakṣiṇā as an essential component of yajña, alongside śraddhā.