Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103
तस्याऽद्यो यो विभागस्तु स्कन्दमाहात्म्यसंयुतः । माहेश्वरः समाख्यातो द्वितीयो वैष्णवः स्मृतः
tasyā'dyo yo vibhāgastu skandamāhātmyasaṃyutaḥ | māheśvaraḥ samākhyāto dvitīyo vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ
उस पुराण के विभागों में प्रथम विभाग, स्कन्द-माहात्म्य से युक्त, ‘माहेश्वर’ कहलाता है; और दूसरा ‘वैष्णव’ के नाम से स्मरण किया जाता है।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Sūta-to-Ṛṣis dialogue style in Māhātmya narration)
Scene: A symbolic bifurcation: two scrolls or two pathways branching from a central Skanda Purāṇa manuscript—one marked Māheśvara with Śiva’s emblems, the other Vaiṣṇava with Viṣṇu’s emblems—while sages listen to the classification.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching is organized to glorify divine paths—Śiva-oriented (Māheśvara) and Viṣṇu-oriented (Vaiṣṇava)—while honoring Skanda’s greatness.
No single tīrtha is praised in this verse; it frames the internal divisions that lead into the Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region) māhātmya.
None directly; the verse is classificatory rather than ritual-injunctive.