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
ناف کے بیچ میں برہما قائم ہے اور دل کے اندر وِشنو۔ اے دیوی، منہ کے بیچ میں میں ہی ہوں—تمام جسم دار جیووں کا سہارا۔
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.