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
യക്ഷന്മാർ, പിശാചന്മാർ, സാധ്യന്മാർ, പിതൃകൾ, ഗുഹ്യകരും പ്രസ്ഫുടമായി. അതേ സൃഷ്ടിപ്രവാഹത്തിൽ നിന്നു ശുദ്ധജ്ഞാനനിഷ്ഠരായ എട്ട് നിർമല ബ്രഹ്മർഷിമാർ ജനിച്ചു.
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.