Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
रौच्यो भौत्यस्तथा चापि मनवोऽमी चतुर्दश । श्वेतः पांडुस्तथा रक्तस्ताम्रः पीतश्च कापिलः
raucyo bhautyastathā cāpi manavo'mī caturdaśa | śvetaḥ pāṃḍustathā raktastāmraḥ pītaśca kāpilaḥ
រោច្យ និង ភោត្យា ផងដែរ—ទាំងនេះជាមនុទាំងដប់បួន។ (ពួកគេ) មានពណ៌ ស, ស្លេក, ក្រហម, ទង់ដែង, លឿង និង ត្នោតស្រាល។
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A cosmic register of fourteen Manus appears like a garland of figures, with six prominent color-aura panels—white, pale, red, copper, yellow, tawny—each panel showing a Manu silhouette with corresponding aura, arranged around a central time-wheel.
FAQs
It completes the canonical Purāṇic count of fourteen Manus and adds symbolic descriptors (colors) suggesting cosmic diversity across cycles.
No holy site is specified; the passage remains cosmological.
None.