Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
पुलस्त्य उवाच । वेणुवाक्यं ततः श्रुत्वा मुनयः शंसितव्रताः । विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनाः साधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवन्
pulastya uvāca | veṇuvākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ | vismayotphullanayanāḥ sādhusādhviti cābruvan
പുലസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—വേണുവിന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് പ്രശംസിതവ്രതന്മാരായ മുനിമാർ അത്ഭുതത്തോടെ കണ്ണുകൾ വിരിച്ച് ‘സാധു! സാധു!’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Munis (mahārṣis)
Scene: Pulastya seated as narrator; a circle of vow-observant sages with widened eyes, hands raised in approval, uttering ‘sādhu sādhu’ after hearing Veṇu’s account.
FAQs
The tradition honors steadfast devotion; the sages’ acclaim validates pradakṣiṇā as a potent and dharmic practice.
The Arbuda Khaṇḍa shrine narrative is affirmed through the sages’ wonder, reinforcing the sanctity of the locale and its deity.
No new prescription is added; the verse records the sages’ approval of the previously described pradakṣiṇā-centered devotion.