Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
कूर्मस्य वामकुक्षौ तु त्रितयं संस्थितं प्रिये । रेवती चाश्विदैवत्यं याम्यं चर्क्षमिति त्रयम् । ईशपादे समाख्यातं शुभाशुभफलं शृणु
kūrmasya vāmakukṣau tu tritayaṃ saṃsthitaṃ priye | revatī cāśvidaivatyaṃ yāmyaṃ carkṣamiti trayam | īśapāde samākhyātaṃ śubhāśubhaphalaṃ śṛṇu
اے محبوبہ! کُورم (کچھوے) کے بائیں پہلو میں تین نکشتر قائم ہیں—ریوتی، وہ نکشتر جس کا دیوتا اشوِن ہیں، اور یامیہ (جنوبی) نکشتر—یہ تینوں۔ انہیں ایش کے پاد سے منسوب کہا گیا ہے؛ اب ان سے وابستہ نیک و بد نتائج سنو۔
Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context): likely Skanda instructing a listener addressed as 'priye' (Devī/Pārvatī).
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Umā
Scene: The cosmic tortoise shown in profile; on its left flank three star-emblems labeled Revatī, Aśvinī (Aśvin-daivatyam), and a ‘southern’ asterism; a divine speaker gestures ‘listen’ as scrolls of śubha/aśubha results unfurl toward the viewer.
FAQs
Cosmic order (ṛta) links heavenly signs to earthly regions; one should heed dharmic guidance when interpreting omens.
The broader frame is Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, presenting it within a sacred cosmographic scheme (the Kūrma-cakra).
None directly in this verse; it introduces hearing the auspicious/inauspicious results connected with the mapped asterisms.