Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
स तेन रथमुख्येन सागरांतां वसुंधराम् । त्रिःसप्तकृत्वोतियशाश्चकाराभिप्रदक्षिणम्
sa tena rathamukhyena sāgarāṃtāṃ vasuṃdharām | triḥsaptakṛtvotiyaśāścakārābhipradakṣiṇam
Alors cet être d’une gloire immense, avec ce char éminent, accomplit la circumambulation de la terre ceinte par l’océan—trois fois sept au total.
Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Soma mounts a magnificent chariot and circles the entire earth bounded by the ocean; the scene shows a circular earth-disc with surrounding ocean, Soma’s chariot tracing luminous arcs—repeated in three sets of seven circuits.
FAQs
Pradakṣiṇā symbolizes honoring the divine order; cosmic circumambulation mirrors the devotee’s rite of reverent turning around the sacred.
Prabhāsakṣetra indirectly, by situating Soma’s glory and movement within the Māhātmya that exalts Prabhāsa.
Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) is highlighted as a meritorious act, though no local circuit or count is prescribed for pilgrims here.