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
ധർമ്മദേവൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ ‘ഹാ ഹാ!’ എന്ന വിലാപധ്വനി ഉയർന്നു. തുടർന്ന് വേഗത്തിൽ യോഗീശ്വരൻ എത്തി—ഞാനും, ഹേ പാണ്ഡവാ.
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.