Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
वालखिल्याश्रमं प्राप्तः पुण्यं सद्वृक्षशोभितम् । स तत्र भगवांस्तेषां दारैर्दृष्टः सुरूपवान्
vālakhilyāśramaṃ prāptaḥ puṇyaṃ sadvṛkṣaśobhitam | sa tatra bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ dārairdṛṣṭaḥ surūpavān
वह वालखिल्यों के पवित्र आश्रम में पहुँचा, जो श्रेष्ठ वृक्षों से सुशोभित था। वहाँ उन ऋषियों की पत्नियों ने उस भगवान् को अत्यन्त सुन्दर रूप में देखा।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (pārthiva)
Scene: A serene hermitage shaded by venerable trees; Śiva appears as a supremely handsome ascetic; the sages’ wives notice him, foreshadowing disturbance in an otherwise pure setting.
FAQs
Holy places (āśramas/forests) are depicted as spiritually charged landscapes where divine presence becomes perceptible—linking sacred geography with devotion.
The Vālakhilya-āśrama is highlighted as a ‘puṇya’ sacred locale (āśrama as a tīrtha-like holy space).
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