Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47
प्रियव्रतस्य राजर्षेरुत्पन्ना दश सूनवः । त्रयः प्रव्रजितास्तत्र परंब्रह्म समाश्रिताः
priyavratasya rājarṣerutpannā daśa sūnavaḥ | trayaḥ pravrajitāstatra paraṃbrahma samāśritāḥ
രാജർഷി പ്രിയവ്രതനു പത്ത് പുത്രന്മാർ ജനിച്ചു. അവരിൽ മൂവർ പ്രവ്രജ്യ സ്വീകരിച്ച് പരബ്രഹ്മത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ചു.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: Royal sage Priyavrata with a courtly setting contrasted by three sons departing as mendicants—shaven heads or matted locks, carrying staff and waterpot—walking toward a luminous, formless Brahman symbolized by radiance.
FAQs
Even within royal lineage, the Purāṇas honor renunciation: true sovereignty culminates in refuge in the Supreme.
No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is on the dharmic paths of householdership and renunciation.
None explicitly; pravrajyā (renunciant departure) is referenced as a life-choice rather than a rite.