Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
सिंहकन्यातुलाश्चैव कुक्षौ राशित्रयं स्मृतम् । धटोऽध वृश्चिकाश्चोभौ पादे दक्षिणपश्चिमे
siṃhakanyātulāścaiva kukṣau rāśitrayaṃ smṛtam | dhaṭo'dha vṛścikāścobhau pāde dakṣiṇapaścime
Leo, Virgo, and Libra—this triad of zodiacal signs is declared to abide upon the flank. Below, upon the foot toward the southwest, Aquarius and Scorpio are both set.
Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context): likely Skanda to Devī/Pārvatī.
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as ‘mahādevi’, ‘priye’)
Scene: A sacred tortoise/land-body diagram over Prabhāsa: the southwest foot marked with zodiac glyphs; the flank bearing Siṃha-Kanyā-Tulā; priests and pilgrims indicating directions with staffs and lamps.
FAQs
Even astrological schemata are framed as sacred order, meant to guide prudent, dharmic action for communal well-being.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya provides the setting; the verse itself details the cosmic-zodiac layout.
None; it continues the descriptive mapping of rāśis.