Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
नवधा संस्थितस्यास्य नक्षत्राणि निबोध मे । कृत्तिका रोहिणी सौम्यं तृतीयं कूर्मपृष्ठिगम्
navadhā saṃsthitasyāsya nakṣatrāṇi nibodha me | kṛttikā rohiṇī saumyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ kūrmapṛṣṭhigam
ஒன்பது பகுதிகளாக அமைந்த இப் பாரதத்தின் நக்ஷத்திரங்களை என்னிடமிருந்து அறிக. கிருத்திகை, ரோஹிணி, சௌம்யம் (மிருகசீரிடம்)—இம்மூன்றும் கூர்மத்தின் முதுகில் இருப்பதாகக் கூறப்படுகிறது.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage instructs a listener, pointing to a stylized tortoise-shaped Bhārata-map; three star-emblems (Kṛttikā, Rohiṇī, Mṛgaśīrṣa/Saumya) glow on the tortoise’s back, with Prabhāsa’s coastal shrine hinted in the background.
FAQs
The heavens and the sacred land are interwoven—astral order becomes a contemplative map of dharma within Bhārata.
Not a single tirtha; it presents a nakṣatra-based sacred mapping within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame.
None; it lists nakṣatras and their placement.