Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
एवंविधो महादेवि कूर्मरूपी जनार्द्दनः । तस्य नैऋतपादे तु सौराष्ट्र इति विश्रुतः
evaṃvidho mahādevi kūrmarūpī janārddanaḥ | tasya naiṛtapāde tu saurāṣṭra iti viśrutaḥ
یوں، اے مہادیوی، جناردن کو کُرم (کچھوے) کے روپ میں بیان کیا گیا ہے۔ اس کے نَیرِت پاد، یعنی جنوب مغربی قدم پر، سوراشٹر نامی مشہور دیس واقع ہے۔
Śiva (addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Saurāṣṭra (as naiṛta-pāda of Kūrma-rūpī Janārdana)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Janārdana as a colossal tortoise (Kūrma), with the Saurāṣṭra peninsula glowing upon the south-western foot-region; pilgrims and sages mark tīrthas like jewels on the limb.
FAQs
Pilgrimage lands are portrayed as limbs of the divine—geography becomes theology, inspiring reverence for place as a form of worship.
The passage situates Prabhāsa within the wider sacred region of Saurāṣṭra, mapped onto the divine Kūrma-form.
None explicitly; the verse provides sacred-topographical identification.