Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
समंतान्मंडलाकारा कर्णिका सा मम प्रिया । तस्यां ये प्राणिनः सर्वे मृताः कालेन पार्वति
samaṃtānmaṃḍalākārā karṇikā sā mama priyā | tasyāṃ ye prāṇinaḥ sarve mṛtāḥ kālena pārvati
চারিদিকে মণ্ডলাকার সেই ‘কর্ণিকা’ আমার অতি প্রিয়। হে পার্বতী, তার মধ্যে যে সকল প্রাণী কালের নিয়মে মৃত্যুবরণ করে…
Śiva
Tirtha: Karṇikā (core precinct of Prabhāsa near Someśa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A circular sacred precinct (mandala) called Karṇikā, like a lotus-center; Śiva’s affection for it is implied by protective aura; the boundary glows, suggesting that even death within is transmuted.
FAQs
Certain inner zones of a kṣetra are described as exceptionally grace-filled, where even ordinary death becomes spiritually transformative.
The Karṇikā—an inner, circular sacred core within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
No rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on the salvific status of the Karṇikā precinct.