Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
सिंहकन्यातुलाश्चैव कुक्षौ राशित्रयं स्मृतम् । धटोऽध वृश्चिकाश्चोभौ पादे दक्षिणपश्चिमे
siṃhakanyātulāścaiva kukṣau rāśitrayaṃ smṛtam | dhaṭo'dha vṛścikāścobhau pāde dakṣiṇapaścime
सिंह, कन्या आणि तुला—या तीन राशी त्याच्या कुक्षीत (पार्श्वभागी) मानल्या आहेत. खाली दक्षिण-पश्चिम पादात कुंभ व वृश्चिक—दोन्ही स्थित आहेत.
Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context): likely Skanda to Devī/Pārvatī.
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as ‘mahādevi’, ‘priye’)
Scene: A sacred tortoise/land-body diagram over Prabhāsa: the southwest foot marked with zodiac glyphs; the flank bearing Siṃha-Kanyā-Tulā; priests and pilgrims indicating directions with staffs and lamps.
FAQs
Even astrological schemata are framed as sacred order, meant to guide prudent, dharmic action for communal well-being.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya provides the setting; the verse itself details the cosmic-zodiac layout.
None; it continues the descriptive mapping of rāśis.