Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि पूर्वपश्चायतं स्मृतम् । उत्तरे हिमवानस्ति क्षीरोदो दक्षिणे स्मृतः
aśītiśca sahasrāṇi pūrvapaścāyataṃ smṛtam | uttare himavānasti kṣīrodo dakṣiṇe smṛtaḥ
“Bentangan timur–baratnya dikatakan lapan puluh ribu yojana. Di utaranya berdiri Himavān, dan di selatannya diingati Kṣīroda (samudera susu).”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Devī
Scene: A panoramic sacred map: Bhārata stretched east–west, crowned by the snowy Himavān to the north and bordered by a luminous ‘milk-ocean’ to the south; divine narration overlays the landscape.
FAQs
The text sacralizes the land by mapping it within a cosmic order—mountain and ocean boundaries become part of a dharmic worldview.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse supports the sanctity of Bhārata’s landscape, within which Prabhāsa is later praised.
None.