Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
मध्यसूत्रे कटाहे च पालकांस्ताञ्छृणुष्व मे । वसुधामा स्थितः पूर्वे शंखपालश्च दक्षिणे
madhyasūtre kaṭāhe ca pālakāṃstāñchṛṇuṣva me | vasudhāmā sthitaḥ pūrve śaṃkhapālaśca dakṣiṇe
Hear from me about the guardians stationed at the central cord and at the cosmic cauldron: Vasudhāmā is placed in the East, and Śaṅkhapāla in the South.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: A cosmic diagram: a central cord (madhyasūtra) running through the brahmāṇḍa and a vast cauldron-like enclosure (kaṭāha). Two guardian beings stand at the eastern and southern quarters, holding emblems of protection, facing inward toward the cosmic center.
FAQs
The cosmos is portrayed as protected and regulated—direction by direction—through appointed guardians, reflecting dharma as structured order.
No; the verse lists cosmic guardians and directions, not a pilgrimage site.
None.