Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
अगस्त्यश्च पुलोमा च पुलस्त्यः पुलहस्तथा । प्रचेताश्च क्रतुश्चैव तथैवान्ये महर्षयः
agastyaśca pulomā ca pulastyaḥ pulahastathā | pracetāśca kratuścaiva tathaivānye maharṣayaḥ
Agastya, Pulomā, Pulastya et Pulaha; Pracetā et Kratu également; et de même bien d’autres grands ṛṣi vinrent.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agastya and other mahārṣis arrive—some aged and austere, others radiant—forming concentric circles of ascetics around a sacred center, with attendants carrying waterpots and palm-leaf manuscripts.
FAQs
The māhātmya underscores the magnetic sanctity of Śiva’s presence—drawing even the most renowned ṛṣis.
Mandara is the implied sacred setting in the surrounding verses; this line continues the depiction of the gathering.
None stated; the passage functions as a sanctifying catalogue of witnesses.