Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
इत्युक्ते धर्मदेवेन हाहेति रव उत्थितः । ततः शीघ्रं समायातो योगीशोऽहं च पांडव
ityukte dharmadevena hāheti rava utthitaḥ | tataḥ śīghraṃ samāyāto yogīśo'haṃ ca pāṃḍava
ಧರ್ಮದೇವನು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ‘ಹಾ ಹಾ!’ ಎಂಬ ಅಳಲಿನ ಧ್ವನಿ ಎದ್ದಿತು. ನಂತರ ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ಯೋಗೀಶ್ವರನು ಬಂದನು—ನಾನೂ, ಓ ಪಾಂಡವ.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pāṇḍava (likely Yudhiṣṭhira as archetypal listener in dharma discourse)
Scene: Crowd at a tīrtha erupts in ‘hā hā’; ripples in the water; then Yogīśa appears—ascetic majesty, matted locks, serene power—while Skanda/Guha also arrives, addressing a Pāṇḍava in the narrative frame.
FAQs
Dharma’s words stir immediate response in the world; divine intervention follows when sacred order is disturbed.
The continuing episode concerns Stambhatīrtha, whose fame and fate are being narrated.
None; it marks a dramatic turn—arrival of Yogīśa and the narrator’s presence.