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
ਤ੍ਰਾਸਨ ਅਤੇ ਭੰਜਨ ਦੱਖਣ-ਪੂਰਬ (ਆਗਨੇਯ) ਦਿਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਿਤ ਹਨ। ਸਜਧਜ ਕੇ ਹਥਿਆਰਬੰਦ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਪਾਸੇ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ; ਹੁਣ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲੋਂ ਦੱਖਣੀ ਦਿਸ਼ਾ ਬਾਰੇ ਸੁਣੋ।
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.