Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि पूर्वपश्चायतं स्मृतम् । उत्तरे हिमवानस्ति क्षीरोदो दक्षिणे स्मृतः
aśītiśca sahasrāṇi pūrvapaścāyataṃ smṛtam | uttare himavānasti kṣīrodo dakṣiṇe smṛtaḥ
“Its east–west extent is said to be eighty thousand yojanas. To its north stands Himavān, and to its south is remembered the Kṣīroda (ocean of milk).”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Devī
Scene: A panoramic sacred map: Bhārata stretched east–west, crowned by the snowy Himavān to the north and bordered by a luminous ‘milk-ocean’ to the south; divine narration overlays the landscape.
FAQs
The text sacralizes the land by mapping it within a cosmic order—mountain and ocean boundaries become part of a dharmic worldview.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse supports the sanctity of Bhārata’s landscape, within which Prabhāsa is later praised.
None.