Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
इत्युक्ते धर्मदेवेन हाहेति रव उत्थितः । ततः शीघ्रं समायातो योगीशोऽहं च पांडव
ityukte dharmadevena hāheti rava utthitaḥ | tataḥ śīghraṃ samāyāto yogīśo'haṃ ca pāṃḍava
Quand Dharma-deva eut parlé ainsi, un cri de « Hélas ! Hélas ! » s’éleva. Alors, promptement, arriva le Seigneur des yogin—et moi aussi, ô Pāṇḍava.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pāṇḍava (likely Yudhiṣṭhira as archetypal listener in dharma discourse)
Scene: Crowd at a tīrtha erupts in ‘hā hā’; ripples in the water; then Yogīśa appears—ascetic majesty, matted locks, serene power—while Skanda/Guha also arrives, addressing a Pāṇḍava in the narrative frame.
FAQs
Dharma’s words stir immediate response in the world; divine intervention follows when sacred order is disturbed.
The continuing episode concerns Stambhatīrtha, whose fame and fate are being narrated.
None; it marks a dramatic turn—arrival of Yogīśa and the narrator’s presence.