Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
यक्षाः पिशाचाः साध्याश्च पितरो गुह्यकास्तथा । ततः प्रसूता विद्वांसो ह्यष्टौ ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः
yakṣāḥ piśācāḥ sādhyāśca pitaro guhyakāstathā | tataḥ prasūtā vidvāṃso hyaṣṭau brahmarṣayo'malāḥ
Yakṣa, Piśāca, para Sādhya, para Pitṛ, dan juga para Guhyaka pun terbit. Dari pengembangan yang sama lahirlah delapan Brahmarṣi yang tak bernoda—para bijak yang teguh dalam pengetahuan suci.
Śiva (contextual; confirmed explicitly at 8.39)
Scene: A cosmological emergence scene: yakṣas with treasure motifs, piśācas as shadowy forms at the margins, sādhyas as radiant ascetics, Pitṛs as serene ancestral figures receiving water-offerings, guhyakas as hidden guardians; above them, eight stainless brahmarṣis seated in meditation.
FAQs
All classes of beings—celestial, ancestral, and liminal—are included within one sacred cosmology, with purity of wisdom exemplified by the Brahmarṣis.
No specific site is named; the verse supports a broader purāṇic account of origins.
None; though Pitṛs are mentioned, no śrāddha or offering is prescribed here.