Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
दक्ष उवाच । शृणु सोम प्रयत्नेन श्रुत्वा चैवावधारय । वारुणीं दिशमाश्रित्य सागरानूपसन्निधौ
dakṣa uvāca | śṛṇu soma prayatnena śrutvā caivāvadhāraya | vāruṇīṃ diśamāśritya sāgarānūpasannidhau
दक्ष उवाच—हे सोम, प्रयत्नेन शृणु; श्रुत्वा चावधारय। वारुणीं दिशमाश्रित्य सागरानूपसन्निधौ।
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa coastal tirtha zone (westward, sea-adjacent)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Soma
Scene: Dakṣa instructs Soma with an authoritative yet compassionate gesture, pointing westward; the sea glimmers and low coastal marsh grasses sway under wind.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge about a tīrtha should be heard attentively and retained, because place and direction matter in tīrtha-oriented dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described in relation to the western quarter near the sea and coastal wetlands.
No explicit rite is stated here; it sets the geographic orientation for approaching a sacred locus.