Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तासां मध्ये महादेवि एका विश्वेति विश्रुता । सा धर्माच्च महादेवि अष्टावजनयत्सुतान्
tāsāṃ madhye mahādevi ekā viśveti viśrutā | sā dharmācca mahādevi aṣṭāvajanayatsutān
त्यांच्यामध्ये, हे महादेवी, ‘विश्वा’ नावाने एक प्रसिद्ध होती. तिने धर्माच्या योगाने, हे महादेवी, आठ पुत्रांना जन्म दिला.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī addressed within the episode
Scene: A calm, iconic tableau of Viśvā (a divine mother) with Dharma as a radiant, austere presence; eight infant-lights (future Vasus) suggested as luminous emblems rather than literal babies; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa hinted in the background.
FAQs
Puranic tīrtha narratives ground sacred places in cosmic family-lines, linking devotion to an ordered, meaningful universe.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextually), as this lineage leads to Pratyūṣa’s pilgrimage and liṅga establishment there.
None; the verse continues the genealogical account.