Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
तकारं विन्यसेन्मूर्ध्नि सकारं मुखमण्डले । विकारं कंठदेशे तु तुकारं चांगसंधिषु
takāraṃ vinyasenmūrdhni sakāraṃ mukhamaṇḍale | vikāraṃ kaṃṭhadeśe tu tukāraṃ cāṃgasaṃdhiṣu
முடியின் உச்சியில் ‘த’ எழுத்தை நியசித்து, முகமண்டலத்தில் ‘ஸ’ எழுத்தை நிறுவுக. கந்ததேசத்தில் ‘வி’யையும், அங்கச் சந்திகளில் ‘து’யையும் நியசிக்க வேண்டும்.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim-priest seated facing a liṅga at Prabhāsa, touching crown, face, throat, and limb-joints in sequence, with subtle luminous syllables appearing at each touched locus.
FAQs
The body is treated as a sacred field—mantra-nyāsa consecrates each region, making worship an embodied discipline.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such detailed mantra-ritual is taught as part of its māhātmya.
Assign specific syllables by nyāsa: ‘ta’ on the head, ‘sa’ on the face, ‘vi’ on the throat, and ‘tu’ on the limb-joints.
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