Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
बुधेश्वरात्पश्चिमतो धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम् । छिन्नं मया पुरा देवि ब्रह्मणः पंचमं शिरः
budheśvarātpaścimato dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam | chinnaṃ mayā purā devi brahmaṇaḥ paṃcamaṃ śiraḥ
புதேஸ்வரரின் மேற்கே, ஏழு தனுசு தூரத்தில் அந்த இடம் அமைந்துள்ளது. தேவியே, அங்கேயே நான் முற்காலத்தில் பிரம்மாவின் ஐந்தாம் தலையை வெட்டினேன்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kapālīśa/Kapālī-sthāna (implied by subsequent verses) near Budheśvara within Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: A sacred coastal kṣetra-map vignette: Budheśvara as a landmark shrine; to its west, Śiva in fierce serenity, holding a severed skull, the moment of Brahmā’s fifth head being cut—rendered as a remembered event embedded in the landscape.
FAQs
Sacred places preserve cosmic events; mythic memory anchors dharma in geography, turning landscape into a living scripture.
Kapālīśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, located west of Budheśvara.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse gives location and a mythic event (Śiva severing Brahmā’s fifth head).