Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
विभजात्मानमित्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मा चांतर्दधे भयात् । तथोक्तोसौ द्विधा स्त्रीत्वं पुरुषत्वं तथाऽकरोत्
vibhajātmānamityuktvā brahmā cāṃtardadhe bhayāt | tathoktosau dvidhā strītvaṃ puruṣatvaṃ tathā'karot
یہ کہہ کر کہ “اپنے آپ کو تقسیم کر”، برہما خوف سے غائب ہو گیا۔ یوں حکم پا کر وہ (رُدر) دو رُوپ ہو گیا—ناریّت اور پُروشت۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, startled, gestures ‘vibhaja ātmānam’ and vanishes into subtle space; Rudra stands center, then splits into distinct feminine and masculine forms, the divide shown as a luminous seam.
FAQs
Creation unfolds through polarity and complementarity—male and female—within the one divine reality.
The setting is the Vastrāpatha sacred field (kṣetra) described in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse explains a metaphysical origin-event rather than a ritual rule.