Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
सप्तमं पिचुनामेति सप्तैवं वदनानि मे । तेभ्योऽजं ब्रह्मणे दत्तं पिचुवक्त्रं तु विष्णवे
saptamaṃ picunāmeti saptaivaṃ vadanāni me | tebhyo'jaṃ brahmaṇe dattaṃ picuvaktraṃ tu viṣṇave
ساتواں ‘پِچُو’ کے نام سے موسوم تھا—یوں میرے سات چہرے تھے۔ ان میں سے ‘اَج’ والا چہرہ برہما کو دیا گیا اور ‘پِچُو’ والا چہرہ وِشنو کو۔
Śiva (implied, addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śiva with seven faces; two faces (Aja and Picu) are shown as luminous emanations moving toward Brahmā and Viṣṇu respectively, indicating bestowal; Devī witnesses the cosmic transfer.
FAQs
Cosmic roles arise from a unified divine source, showing harmony among the deities in sustaining creation and protection.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya frames these theological accounts.
None explicitly; the verse is doctrinal and genealogical within the sacred-place narrative.