Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
नक्षत्रत्रितयं पादमाश्रितं पूर्वदक्षिणम् । फाल्गुनी चोत्तरा हस्तं चित्रा चर्क्षत्रयं स्मृतम्
nakṣatratritayaṃ pādamāśritaṃ pūrvadakṣiṇam | phālgunī cottarā hastaṃ citrā carkṣatrayaṃ smṛtam
தென்-கிழக்கு பாதத்தில் நக்ஷத்திரத் திரயம் தங்கியுள்ளது. அங்கே உத்தர பால்குனி, ஹஸ்தம், சித்ரா—இம்மூன்றும் நினைவுகூரப்படுகின்றன.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A diagram shows the tortoise’s south-eastern foot highlighted; three star emblems labeled Uttara-Phālgunī, Hasta, Citrā sit like anklets; the teacher traces the sector with a staff on a sand-drawing.
FAQs
Direction, land, and stars are linked—suggesting a sacred cartography where space itself becomes a field of contemplation.
No single tirtha is named; the verse is part of a broader cosmological exposition within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
None.