Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
विश्वामित्रः स्थूलशिराः संवर्त्तः प्रतिमर्द्दनः । रैभ्यो बृहस्पतिश्चैव च्यवनः कश्यपो भृगुः
viśvāmitraḥ sthūlaśirāḥ saṃvarttaḥ pratimarddanaḥ | raibhyo bṛhaspatiścaiva cyavanaḥ kaśyapo bhṛguḥ
वहाँ विश्वामित्र, स्थूलशिरा, संवर्त, प्रतिमर्दन, रैभ्य और बृहस्पति; तथा च्यवन, कश्यप और भृगु भी (उपस्थित) थे।
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
Tirtha: Ṛṣi-sthāna within Prabhāsa-kṣetra (western āśrama zone implied from prior verse)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A panoramic assembly of sages in an āśrama grove near Prabhāsa: Viśvāmitra, Sthūlaśiras, Saṃvarta, Pratimardana, Raibhya, Bṛhaspati, Cyavana, Kaśyapa, Bhṛgu—each shown with distinct ascetic attributes, fire altars, and manuscripts.
FAQs
A sacred place is validated by the continuous memory of ṛṣis whose austerities and teachings established its dharmic prestige.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, praised through the roll-call of eminent sages.
None stated; the verse contributes to the māhātmya by naming revered ṛṣis connected to the site.
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