Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
स्मृतं तद्वैष्णवं क्षेत्रं नाम्ना देवि सुदर्शनम् । धन्वंतराणि षट्त्रिंशत्समंतात्परिमण्डलम्
smṛtaṃ tadvaiṣṇavaṃ kṣetraṃ nāmnā devi sudarśanam | dhanvaṃtarāṇi ṣaṭtriṃśatsamaṃtātparimaṇḍalam
โอ้เทวี แดนศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นเป็นที่ระลึกว่าเป็นไวษณวเกษตร มีนามเลื่องลือว่า “สุทรรศนะ” และแผ่เป็นวงกลมออกไปโดยรอบถึงสามสิบหกธนวันตระในทุกทิศ
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Sudarśana-kṣetra (Vaiṣṇava-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A sacred circular mandala-map of Sudarśana-kṣetra is evoked, radiating from the center across a measured expanse; the idea of a protective divine disc overlays the landscape.
FAQs
A holy kṣetra is not merely a point on a map; it is a divinely charged sacred region whose very name and extent are preserved in tradition for pilgrimage and dharma.
A Vaiṣṇava sacred region called “Sudarśana” within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse defines the sanctity and geographic extent of the kṣetra.