शिवक्षेत्रं च ऐशान्यामैंद्र्यां च पुरुषोत्तमः । आग्नेय्यां च भृगुक्षेत्रं प्रभासं दक्षिणाश्रितम्
śivakṣetraṃ ca aiśānyāmaiṃdryāṃ ca puruṣottamaḥ | āgneyyāṃ ca bhṛgukṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ dakṣiṇāśritam
شمال مشرق (ایشانیہ) میں شِوکشیتر ہے؛ مشرقی سمت (ایندریہ) میں پُرُشوتّم ہے۔ جنوب مشرق (آگنیہ) میں بھِرگوکشیتر ہے اور جنوب میں پربھاس قائم ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (explicit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A compass with four highlighted quarters: NE a liṅga shrine (Śivakṣetra), E Jagannātha/Puruṣottama iconography, SE Bhṛgu-sage with river-port imagery, S Somnāth/Prabhāsa coastal shrine with waves.
The Purāṇa harmonizes major Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava centers within one sacred map, suggesting unity of dharma through tīrtha.
Prabhāsa and Puruṣottama (commonly identified with Puri/Jagannātha-kṣetra) are prominently included among directional kṣetras.
None; the verse is primarily topographical and māhātmya-oriented.