Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
तेषां मध्यगतश्चासीत्पुलहो नाम सन्मुनिः । हास्यशीलः स तं प्राह विप्लवार्थं द्विजोत्तमम्
teṣāṃ madhyagataścāsītpulaho nāma sanmuniḥ | hāsyaśīlaḥ sa taṃ prāha viplavārthaṃ dvijottamam
Parmi eux se trouvait un véritable sage nommé Pulaha. D’un naturel enjoué, il s’adressa à ce brāhmaṇa éminent, voulant donner un tournant à l’affaire.
Narrator (within the Purāṇic narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of sages; Pulaha stands or leans forward with a gentle smile, eyes bright, about to speak—hinting at a purposeful ‘turn’ in the story.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often introduce a sage whose guidance becomes the instrument for transformation and dharma-restoration.
The verse functions as narrative transition inside the Tīrthamāhātmya; it does not name a distinct tīrtha in this line.
An instruction is being set up—mantra-upadeśa—but the mantra itself appears in the following verses.