प्रासादं मेरुनामानं हेमप्राकारतोरणम् । चतुर्दशान्ये परितः प्रासादाः परिकल्पिताः । तेषां नामानि वक्ष्यामि प्रत्येकं तानि मे शृणु
prāsādaṃ merunāmānaṃ hemaprākāratoraṇam | caturdaśānye paritaḥ prāsādāḥ parikalpitāḥ | teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi pratyekaṃ tāni me śṛṇu
Một cung điện mang danh “Meru” được dựng nên, có tường thành và cổng vòm bằng vàng. Chung quanh đó, mười bốn cung điện khác cũng được bày đặt. Ta sẽ nói tên từng cung điện—hãy lắng nghe từ ta.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Meru-prāsāda (within Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand central palace named ‘Meru’ rises with golden walls and gateways; around it, fourteen subsidiary palaces are arranged in a planned sacred ring, as the narrator prepares to list their names.
Sacred space is envisioned as an ordered cosmos—one central Meru-like shrine with attendant sanctuaries, mirroring divine hierarchy.
Someśvara within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Meru-named prāsāda and its surrounding shrines are described.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse introduces a catalog of shrine-names as part of the site’s māhātmya.
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