Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्य वामे स्थितो विष्णुर्वराह इति यः स्मृतः । तस्य दक्षिणभागे तु स्थितो ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः । कपर्द्दिरूपमास्थाय सावित्र्याः कोपकारणात्
tasya vāme sthito viṣṇurvarāha iti yaḥ smṛtaḥ | tasya dakṣiṇabhāge tu sthito brahmā prajāpatiḥ | kaparddirūpamāsthāya sāvitryāḥ kopakāraṇāt
اُس کے بائیں جانب وِشنو کھڑا ہے، جسے وہاں ‘وراہ’ کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے؛ اور اُس کے دائیں حصے میں پرجاپتی برہما قائم ہے۔ اور ساوتری کے غضب کے سبب اُس نے ‘کپردّی’ نامی روپ اختیار کیا۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Someśvara-sannidhi with Varāha and Brahmā presence (Prabhāsa)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: A central Someśvara-liṅga with Viṣṇu as Varāha standing to the left and Brahmā Prajāpati to the right; an additional emblem of 'Kaparddī' (matted/knotted hair icon) indicates a specific manifested form linked to Sāvitrī’s anger episode.
FAQs
Pilgrimage theology integrates cosmic functions—preservation (Viṣṇu), creation (Brahmā), and transcendence (Śiva)—around a single sacred center.
Prabhāsakṣetra’s Someśvara Liṅga precinct, described with attendant divine presences.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse provides sacred iconographic and mythic context for darśana at the site.