Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109
अश्वत्थं पश्चिमे चैव पलाशं चोत्तरे क्रमात् । बाहुदंडप्रमाणेन ध्वजांस्तत्र निवेश्य वै
aśvatthaṃ paścime caiva palāśaṃ cottare kramāt | bāhudaṃḍapramāṇena dhvajāṃstatra niveśya vai
Puso un aśvattha (higuera sagrada) en el occidente y, en el debido orden, un palāśa en el norte. Allí también erigió estandartes, medidos según la longitud de un bastón del tamaño de un brazo.
Śiva (continuing narration of Brahmā’s arrangement, inferred)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The ritual ground now has sacred trees in all quarters: aśvattha to the west, palāśa to the north; attendants raise uniformly measured banners, creating a complete auspicious perimeter.
FAQs
Measured, mindful arrangement transforms ordinary space into a consecrated field of merit.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where sacred trees and ritual standards mark a sanctified perimeter.
Place aśvattha in the west and palāśa in the north; install dhvajas according to prescribed measurement.