Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
पुलहस्य मृगाः पुत्राः सर्वे व्यालाश्च दंष्ट्रिणः । भूताः पिशाचाः सर्पाश्च शूकरा हस्तिनस्तथा
pulahasya mṛgāḥ putrāḥ sarve vyālāśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ | bhūtāḥ piśācāḥ sarpāśca śūkarā hastinastathā
പുലഹന്റെ പുത്രന്മാർ മൃഗങ്ങളായിരുന്നു; അവർ എല്ലാവരും ദംഷ്ട്രധാരികളായ ഭയങ്കര വ്യാളങ്ങൾ—ഭൂതങ്ങൾ, പിശാചുകൾ, സർപ്പങ്ങൾ, ശൂകരങ്ങൾ, ഹസ്തികളും കൂടെ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual deduction within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A mythic bestiary emerging as Pulaha’s progeny: tusked predators, serpents coiling, boars charging, elephants looming, and shadowy bhūtas/piśācas in the background.
FAQs
Even fearsome classes of beings are situated within a larger sacred order described by the Purāṇas, where holy geography frames all life within dharma and cosmic lineage.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (near Somanātha/Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse; it functions as part of the māhātmya’s mythic-historical narration.