Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि पूर्वपश्चायतं स्मृतम् । उत्तरे हिमवानस्ति क्षीरोदो दक्षिणे स्मृतः
aśītiśca sahasrāṇi pūrvapaścāyataṃ smṛtam | uttare himavānasti kṣīrodo dakṣiṇe smṛtaḥ
اس کی مشرق سے مغرب تک وسعت اسی ہزار یوجن کہی گئی ہے۔ اس کے شمال میں ہِموان ہے اور جنوب میں کِشیروَد سمندر یاد کیا گیا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Devī
Scene: A panoramic sacred map: Bhārata stretched east–west, crowned by the snowy Himavān to the north and bordered by a luminous ‘milk-ocean’ to the south; divine narration overlays the landscape.
FAQs
The text sacralizes the land by mapping it within a cosmic order—mountain and ocean boundaries become part of a dharmic worldview.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse supports the sanctity of Bhārata’s landscape, within which Prabhāsa is later praised.
None.