Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
तेषां या नायिकास्तास्त्वं रूपैस्तैस्तैरवस्थिता । दिवसोऽहं महादेवि रजनी त्वं निगद्यसे
teṣāṃ yā nāyikāstāstvaṃ rūpaistaistairavasthitā | divaso'haṃ mahādevi rajanī tvaṃ nigadyase
ان میں جو بھی پیشوا ملکہ یا حاکم قوتیں ہیں، وہ تُو ہی ہے، گوناگوں روپوں میں قائم۔ اے مہادیوی! میں دن ہوں اور تُو رات کہلاتی ہے۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A split tableau: left half bathed in golden daylight with the male deity; right half in indigo night with the Goddess, stars and moon; around them, multiple feminine presiding figures symbolizing ‘nāyikās’ of various domains.
FAQs
The sacred feminine is the hidden leadership within all divine orders, and cosmic alternations like day/night are divine expressions.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where time itself is framed as a manifestation of the divine couple’s powers.
None directly; it supports contemplative worship (dhyāna) on day/night as sacred rhythms during tīrtha-vrata.