Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 170
चराचरस्य लोकस्य प्रतिष्ठा योनिरेव च । आसीदियं समुद्रांता मेदिनीति परिश्रुता
carācarasya lokasya pratiṣṭhā yonireva ca | āsīdiyaṃ samudrāṃtā medinīti pariśrutā
Dialah asas bagi dunia yang bergerak dan yang tidak bergerak, dan juga rahimnya. Bumi ini, yang dibatasi lautan, termasyhur dalam tradisi sebagai Medinī.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (coastal kṣetra within samudrāntā medinī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: Earth as a goddess seated upon a lotus, encircled by the ocean ring; tiny moving and unmoving beings rest upon her; the word ‘Medinī’ appears as a banner.
FAQs
All life rests upon the Earth as support and source; reverence toward her is implicit dharma.
The verse sits within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, offering universal bhūmi-praise that undergirds pilgrimage sanctity.
None explicitly.