Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
पुच्छे तु वृश्चिकश्चैव सधनुश्च व्यवस्थितः । वायव्ये वामपादे च धनुर्ग्राहादिकं त्रयम्
pucche tu vṛścikaścaiva sadhanuśca vyavasthitaḥ | vāyavye vāmapāde ca dhanurgrāhādikaṃ trayam
पुच्छभागी वृश्चिक व धनु—दोन्ही व्यवस्थित आहेत. वायव्य (उत्तर-पश्चिम) दिशेस डाव्या पादावर धनुपासून आरंभ होऊन मकरादी त्रय रचले आहे.
Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context): likely Skanda to Devī/Pārvatī.
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A stylized tortoise/kshetra body: the tail labeled with Vṛścika and Dhanuṣ; the northwest left foot bearing a triad starting with Dhanuṣ and Makara; a scholar-priest points with a palm-leaf diagram while pilgrims listen.
FAQs
Directional and cosmic correspondences are taught to discern patterns of influence and to act with dharmic awareness.
The discourse belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s glorification, though this verse focuses on the Kūrma-cakra layout.
None; it continues the rāśi placement description.