Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
पुलस्त्य उवाच । तत्रस्थस्य पुरा राजन्मुद्गलस्य महात्मनः । विमानं वरमादाय देवदूतः समागतः
pulastya uvāca | tatrasthasya purā rājanmudgalasya mahātmanaḥ | vimānaṃ varamādāya devadūtaḥ samāgataḥ
पुलस्त्य बोले— हे राजन्! पूर्वकाल में, जब महात्मा मुद्गल वहाँ निवास करते थे, तब एक देवदूत उत्तम विमान लेकर उनके पास आया।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Mudgala-āśrama (at Māmuhrada)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: In a quiet forest hermitage, a radiant deva-messenger descends, holding or guiding a splendid vimāna that hovers above the āśrama, while Mudgala remains composed.
FAQs
Great tapas and dharma draw divine recognition; heavenly rewards are portrayed as approaching the righteous unbidden.
The setting remains the Māmuhrada/Arbuda sacred region context where Mudgala resides, forming part of the local māhātmya.
None directly; the verse introduces the narrative of reward (vimāna) coming to a mahātmā.
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