Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5
।श्रीसूत उवाच । ब्रह्मपुत्रो महातेजाः पुलस्त्योनाम वै द्विजाः । बभूव तस्य पुत्रोऽभूद्विश्रवा इति विश्रुतः
|śrīsūta uvāca | brahmaputro mahātejāḥ pulastyonāma vai dvijāḥ | babhūva tasya putro'bhūdviśravā iti viśrutaḥ
Śrī Sūta dit : « Il y eut un brāhmaṇa d’un grand éclat nommé Pulastya, fils de Brahmā. Il eut un fils, célèbre sous le nom de Viśravā. »
Sūta
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: Mythic genealogy tableau: Brahmā emanating mind-born son Pulastya; Pulastya as radiant sage; transition to Viśravā as a revered muni—rendered as a narrated vision while Sūta speaks.
FAQs
Purāṇas ground ethical discussions in lineage and context, showing how origins and associations shape later karmic narratives.
No tirtha is directly praised in this verse; it supplies genealogical context within the Setukhaṇḍa setting.
None; it introduces the ancestral line (vaṃśa-kathā).