Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
त्रासनो भञ्जनश्चैव ह्याग्न्येय्यां दिशि संस्थिताः । दिशं रक्षंति संनद्धा दक्षिणां शृणुताथ मे
trāsano bhañjanaścaiva hyāgnyeyyāṃ diśi saṃsthitāḥ | diśaṃ rakṣaṃti saṃnaddhā dakṣiṇāṃ śṛṇutātha me
တရားသန နှင့် ဘဉ္ဇန တို့သည် အရှေ့တောင်ဘက်၌ တည်နေ၍ လက်နက်စုံလင်ကာ ထိုဦးတည်ရာကို ကာကွယ်ကြသည်။ ယခု ငါ့ထံမှ တောင်ဘက်အကြောင်းကို နားထောင်လော့။
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Āgneya-dik)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Inquirer/pilgrim audience
Scene: Two armed guardians, Trāsana and Bhañjana, stand alert in the south-east, weapons raised in protective stance; the narrator gestures onward toward the southern quarter, indicating the next stage of the sacred circuit.
FAQs
A tīrtha is envisioned as an ordered sacred mandala—each direction has guardians, reflecting cosmic law and protection of dharma.
Dvārakā, described with directional guardians in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
No direct prescription; the verse supports devotional recollection and respectful acknowledgment of the guardians.