Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
पूर्वोत्तरे समे देशे कृत्वा वेदिं च मंडपम् । मध्ये चाष्टदलं पद्मं गृह्यसूत्रं प्रयोजयेत्
pūrvottare same deśe kṛtvā vediṃ ca maṃḍapam | madhye cāṣṭadalaṃ padmaṃ gṛhyasūtraṃ prayojayet
Dans un lieu plat au nord-est, qu’on érige un autel (vedi) et un pavillon (maṇḍapa) ; puis, au centre, qu’on dispose un lotus à huit pétales, en appliquant la procédure du gṛhya-sūtra comme guide rituel.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (broad setting); rite-space within the kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: bhūpati (king)
Scene: A purified level ground oriented to the northeast; a newly built vedi and a simple maṇḍapa; at the center an eight-petalled lotus diagram laid out for worship, with ritual implements arranged symmetrically.
FAQs
Devotion is grounded in disciplined form—proper sacred space and diagrammatic order support the rite’s intended harmony (śānti).
The instruction belongs to the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Vināyaka tradition; it describes the ritual space arrangement rather than naming a new tīrtha.
Prepare a northeast, level ritual area; build vedi and maṇḍapa; place an aṣṭadala-padma in the center; follow gṛhya-sūtra method.