Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
चतुर्हस्तानि कुण्डानि चतुर्दिक्षु प्रकल्पयेत । एकहस्तप्रमाणानि आयामव्यासविस्तरात् । ऐशान्यामपरां वेदिं हस्तमात्रां न्यसेच्छुभाम् । रत्निमात्रोत्थितां चैव ग्रहांस्तत्र प्रकल्पयेत्
caturhastāni kuṇḍāni caturdikṣu prakalpayeta | ekahastapramāṇāni āyāmavyāsavistarāt | aiśānyāmaparāṃ vediṃ hastamātrāṃ nyasecchubhām | ratnimātrotthitāṃ caiva grahāṃstatra prakalpayet
चारही दिशांना चार हातांची कुंडे प्रस्थापित करावीत; त्यांची लांबी-रुंदी-विस्तार प्रत्येकी एक हात मापाची असावी. ईशान कोपऱ्यात एक हात मापाची शुभ दुसरी वेदी ठेवावी आणि तेथे रत्निमात्र (एक बित्त) उंच ग्रह-आधार प्रस्थापित करावेत।
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual ground with four kuṇḍas placed to the cardinal directions; in the northeast a small raised vedi with graha-stands; priests marking one-cubit dimensions and setting supports to span-height.
FAQs
Ritual order mirrors cosmic order; directional arrangement and measured construction are treated as dharmic precision.
The verse provides general ritual layout for a tīrtha-based ceremony; the named tīrtha is contextual in the chapter.
Set four kuṇḍas in the four directions, place an additional one-hasta vedi in the northeast, and install ritual fixtures raised to span-height.