Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
ब्रह्मणोत्पादिते देवि वह्निकुण्डान्महाप्रभे । नमस्ते कपिले पुण्ये सर्वदेवनमस्कृते
brahmaṇotpādite devi vahnikuṇḍānmahāprabhe | namaste kapile puṇye sarvadevanamaskṛte
اے دیوی، برہما سے اُتپن، آگ کے کنڈ سے پرکاش، اے مہا پرَبھا! تجھے نمسکار۔ اے پُنّیہ مئی کپیلا، جسے سب دیوتا نمسکار کرتے ہیں، تجھے پرنام۔
Ritual practitioner/devotee (stuti addressed to Kapilā Dhenu)
Tirtha: Kapilā (Prabhāsa sambandha)
Type: kund
Scene: Brahmā presides over a blazing sacrificial fire-pit; from the flames emerges the radiant Kapilā, revered by assembled devas with folded hands.
FAQs
The sacred is often revealed through ritual fire and divine ordinance; honoring such manifestations is itself a form of worship acknowledged by the gods.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the prescribed worship connected with Kapilā and Sūrya is taught.
A formal salutation (namas) to Kapilā as part of her worship, linked to a fire-altar (vahni-kuṇḍa) context.