Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्य तुष्टो महादेवो ग्रह त्वं प्रददौ प्रिये । एकादशशतानां च ग्रहाणामाधिपत्यताम्
tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo graha tvaṃ pradadau priye | ekādaśaśatānāṃ ca grahāṇāmādhipatyatām
اس پر خوش ہو کر مہادیو نے، اے محبوبہ، تمہیں ‘گرہ’ کا مرتبہ عطا کیا، اور گیارہ سو سیّاروی قوتوں پر سرداری بھی بخش دی۔
Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a देवी as 'priye')
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Ketu-liṅga context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva appears at Prabhāsa, granting Ketu the status of a graha and lordship over many planetary forces; Śiva’s hand in varada-mudrā, Ketu kneeling with smoke-grey aura and comet emblem.
FAQs
Śiva is the supreme source of authority—even the grahas receive their power and jurisdiction by His grace.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), where graha-related Śiva-liṅgas are praised.
None directly; it explains the divine bestowal of graha-status and lordship.