शिवक्षेत्रं च ऐशान्यामैंद्र्यां च पुरुषोत्तमः । आग्नेय्यां च भृगुक्षेत्रं प्रभासं दक्षिणाश्रितम्
śivakṣetraṃ ca aiśānyāmaiṃdryāṃ ca puruṣottamaḥ | āgneyyāṃ ca bhṛgukṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ dakṣiṇāśritam
ഈശാന്യത്തിൽ ശിവക്ഷേത്രം; ഐന്ദ്ര ദിക്കിൽ പുരുഷോത്തമൻ. ആഗ്നേയത്തിൽ ഭൃഗുക്ഷേത്രം; തെക്കിൽ പ്രഭാസം സ്ഥാപിതമാണ്.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (explicit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A compass with four highlighted quarters: NE a liṅga shrine (Śivakṣetra), E Jagannātha/Puruṣottama iconography, SE Bhṛgu-sage with river-port imagery, S Somnāth/Prabhāsa coastal shrine with waves.
The Purāṇa harmonizes major Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava centers within one sacred map, suggesting unity of dharma through tīrtha.
Prabhāsa and Puruṣottama (commonly identified with Puri/Jagannātha-kṣetra) are prominently included among directional kṣetras.
None; the verse is primarily topographical and māhātmya-oriented.