Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
पूर्वे यमेश्वरं यावच्छ्रीसोमेशं तु पश्चिमे । उत्तरे तु विशालाक्षी दक्षिणे सरितां पतिः
pūrve yameśvaraṃ yāvacchrīsomeśaṃ tu paścime | uttare tu viśālākṣī dakṣiṇe saritāṃ patiḥ
Im Osten reicht die Grenze bis Yameśvara, im Westen bis zum glückverheißenden Someśa. Im Norden ist Viśālākṣī, im Süden der Herr der Flüsse — so ist der heilige Bezirk bestimmt.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (bounded by Yameśvara–Someśa–Viśālākṣī–Saritaṃ patiḥ)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhāminī
Scene: A schematic sacred map: four shrines at the cardinal directions around Prabhāsa—Yameśvara to the east, Someśa to the west, Viśālākṣī to the north, and the ‘Lord of rivers’ to the south—forming a protective mandala.
FAQs
Sacred places are understood not only by devotion but also by knowing their traditional boundaries and guardian shrines.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described through its directional boundary deities/shrines.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse maps the holy geography for pilgrimage understanding.