Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
यं समासाद्य वेगेन दिशामंतं प्रपेदिरे । दक्षस्य दश पुत्राणां सहस्राणि प्रजापतेः
yaṃ samāsādya vegena diśāmaṃtaṃ prapedire | dakṣasya daśa putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi prajāpateḥ
Reaching it with great speed, they arrived at the very limits of the directions—those thousands belonging to the ten sons of Dakṣa, the Prajāpati.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention
Tirtha: Dig-anta (mythic boundary of directions)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience; genealogical-cosmographic addressee context continues
Scene: A host of beings—‘thousands’ linked to Dakṣa’s ten sons—rush like a storm to the farthest horizons, where the directions appear as guardian deities and boundary-mountains of the world.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision ties cosmic motion with lineage and duty, reminding that creation proceeds through ordained channels.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.