Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
चक्षुर्मंडलमध्ये तु यथा देवि कनीनिका । पूर्वपश्चिमतो देवि गोमुखादाऽश्वमेधिकम्
cakṣurmaṃḍalamadhye tu yathā devi kanīnikā | pūrvapaścimato devi gomukhādā'śvamedhikam
যেমন, হে দেবী, চক্ষুমণ্ডলের মধ্যস্থলে মণি থাকে, তেমনই—হে দেবী—এই ক্ষেত্র পূর্ব-পশ্চিমে গোমুখ থেকে অশ্বমেধিক পর্যন্ত বিস্তৃত।
Śiva (deduced: continuing address to Devī)
Tirtha: Gomukha–Aśvamedhika axis within Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: A symbolic composition: an eye-shaped mandala over the landscape, with the pupil as the central shrine; labels at the horizontal ends: Gomukha (east) and Aśvamedhika (west) marking the span.
FAQs
Sacred space is not abstract; it is described with precise boundaries to guide pilgrimage and focused devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with an east–west span marked by Gomukha and Aśvamedhika.
No direct prescription; it provides pilgrimage geography (dik-nirdeśa) for locating the sanctified centre.