Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
कलशानष्टदिग्भागे सहिरण्यान्पृथक्पृथक् । स्थापयित्वा तु शक्तिस्ता वामाद्याः पूर्वतः क्रमात्
kalaśānaṣṭadigbhāge sahiraṇyānpṛthakpṛthak | sthāpayitvā tu śaktistā vāmādyāḥ pūrvataḥ kramāt
आठही दिशांच्या भागांत स्वतंत्रपणे सुवर्णयुक्त कलश स्थापावेत. नंतर ते स्थापून वामा इत्यादी शक्तींना पूर्वेकडून क्रमाने विन्यस्त करावे.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual pavilion at Prabhāsa: eight gleaming kalaśas set in the eight directions, each marked with gold; the officiant traces a lotus-mandala on the ground while invoking Śaktis in order starting from the east, beginning with Vāmā.
FAQs
Directional consecration acknowledges the divine permeating all quarters; worship is made cosmic by honoring Śiva’s Śaktis across space.
This udyāpana procedure belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s Somavāra-vrata context.
Install separate kalaśas with gold in the eight directions, and arrange the Śaktis—starting with Vāmā—in order beginning from the east.