Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
पूर्वकल्पे महादेवि ब्रह्मेश्वर इति स्मृतः । ब्रह्मणाराधितः पूर्वं वर्षाणामयुतं प्रिये
pūrvakalpe mahādevi brahmeśvara iti smṛtaḥ | brahmaṇārādhitaḥ pūrvaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ priye
اے مہادیوی، پچھلے کلپ میں یہ ‘برہمیشر’ کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا تھا۔ اے محبوبہ، قدیم زمانے میں برہما نے دس ہزار برس تک اس کی عبادت کی۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Brahmeśvara (pūrvakalpa-nāma)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Brahmā performs long worship before a liṅga titled Brahmeśvara: offerings of lotus, water, and sacred grasses; time is suggested by changing skies or a ring of years, while the liṅga remains unchanged.
FAQs
Even Brahmā attains his cosmic role through sustained worship; devotion (ārādhana) is portrayed as the root of divine accomplishment.
Prabhāsakṣetra, through the liṅga known in a former kalpa as Brahmeśvara.
Liṅga worship (ārādhana/pūjā) is implied, exemplified by Brahmā’s long-term devotion.