Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
बुधेश्वरात्पश्चिमतो धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम् । छिन्नं मया पुरा देवि ब्रह्मणः पंचमं शिरः
budheśvarātpaścimato dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam | chinnaṃ mayā purā devi brahmaṇaḥ paṃcamaṃ śiraḥ
Di sebelah barat Budheśvara, pada jarak tujuh dhanuṣ, terletak tempat itu. Di sana dahulu, wahai Dewi, aku memenggal kepala kelima Brahmā.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kapālīśa/Kapālī-sthāna (implied by subsequent verses) near Budheśvara within Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: A sacred coastal kṣetra-map vignette: Budheśvara as a landmark shrine; to its west, Śiva in fierce serenity, holding a severed skull, the moment of Brahmā’s fifth head being cut—rendered as a remembered event embedded in the landscape.
FAQs
Sacred places preserve cosmic events; mythic memory anchors dharma in geography, turning landscape into a living scripture.
Kapālīśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, located west of Budheśvara.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse gives location and a mythic event (Śiva severing Brahmā’s fifth head).