Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77
बाह्यतः पूर्वतो देवि इन्द्रादीनां समन्ततः । रक्तवर्णं महातेजं सितपद्मोपरि स्थितम्
bāhyataḥ pūrvato devi indrādīnāṃ samantataḥ | raktavarṇaṃ mahātejaṃ sitapadmopari sthitam
தேவி, வெளிப்புறத்தில் கிழக்குத் திசையில்—இந்திரன் முதலியோரால் சூழப்பட்டு—செந்நிறம் கொண்டு, மஹாதேஜஸுடன், வெண்தாமரையின் மேல் அமர்ந்த (திருவுரு) உள்ளது.
Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A sacred mandala seen from above: on the outer eastern side sits a red-hued, intensely radiant deity on a white lotus, encircled by Indra and other devas forming a protective ring; the scene glows with dawn light and ritual lamps.
FAQs
Meditation (dhyāna) refines worship: visualizing the deity’s auspicious form stabilizes devotion and makes pilgrimage worship inwardly transformative.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the solar presence is contemplated within a deity-mandala framed by Indra and other gods.
A dhyāna-guideline: visualize a radiant red form seated on a white lotus, surrounded by Indra and other deities, in the eastern outer placement.