Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तासां मध्ये महादेवि एका विश्वेति विश्रुता । सा धर्माच्च महादेवि अष्टावजनयत्सुतान्
tāsāṃ madhye mahādevi ekā viśveti viśrutā | sā dharmācca mahādevi aṣṭāvajanayatsutān
તેમામાં, હે મહાદેવી, એક ‘વિશ્વા’ નામે પ્રસિદ્ધ હતી. તેણીએ ધર્મ દ્વારા, હે મહાદેવી, આઠ પુત્રોને જન્મ આપ્યો.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī addressed within the episode
Scene: A calm, iconic tableau of Viśvā (a divine mother) with Dharma as a radiant, austere presence; eight infant-lights (future Vasus) suggested as luminous emblems rather than literal babies; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa hinted in the background.
FAQs
Puranic tīrtha narratives ground sacred places in cosmic family-lines, linking devotion to an ordered, meaningful universe.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextually), as this lineage leads to Pratyūṣa’s pilgrimage and liṅga establishment there.
None; the verse continues the genealogical account.