Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
यत्र काकगृहं वै स्यादारामे वा गृहेऽपि वा । भिक्षुबिंबं च वै यत्र गृहे दक्षिणके तथा
yatra kākagṛhaṃ vai syādārāme vā gṛhe'pi vā | bhikṣubiṃbaṃ ca vai yatra gṛhe dakṣiṇake tathā
जिथे ‘काकगृह’ (कावळ्यांचे घर/आश्रय) असेल—बागेत किंवा घरातही—आणि जिथे घराच्या दक्षिण बाजूस भिक्षु-बिंब (भिक्षुकाचे प्रतीक/प्रतिमा) असेल—
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A house or garden corner showing a small ‘crow-house’ structure and a beggar-effigy placed on the southern side, with an uneasy atmosphere and watchful crows; the scene suggests an inauspicious omen.
FAQs
Certain household signs are treated as indicators of subtle disturbance; dharma recommends awareness and corrective spiritual practice.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya teaches purity and protection through dharmic living.
The verse itself lists signs; the implied remedy in the surrounding context is devotion, worship, and regular sacred practice (expanded in subsequent verses).