Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67
नाभिमध्ये स्थितो ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च हृदयांतरे । वक्त्रमध्ये अहं देवि आधारः सर्वदेहिनाम्
nābhimadhye sthito brahmā viṣṇuśca hṛdayāṃtare | vaktramadhye ahaṃ devi ādhāraḥ sarvadehinām
พรหมาสถิตอยู่กลางสะดือ และพระวิษณุสถิตอยู่ภายในดวงหทัย โอ้เทวี ณ กลางปากนั้น เรานี่เอง—เป็นที่พึ่งรองรับสรรพสัตว์ผู้มีร่างกายทั้งปวง
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A serene teaching scene in Prabhāsa: the Goddess listens as the Lord explains the inner body as a sacred geography—Brahmā at the navel-lotus, Viṣṇu in the heart-lotus, and the supreme support shining at the mouth as luminous vāg/ākāśa.
FAQs
The body can be contemplated as a sacred field: divine powers are present within, supporting spiritual discipline and reverence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the text pairs outer pilgrimage with inner realization—seeing the divine as the very support of embodied life.
No explicit ritual; the verse lends itself to dhyāna (meditative visualization) on the indwelling divinity.