Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
रुद्रो विप्रस्तथा दानश्चंद्रो मन्थोऽवलोककः । सूर्यावलोकश्चेति गार्गेयाः सप्त कीर्त्तिताः
rudro viprastathā dānaścaṃdro mantho'valokakaḥ | sūryāvalokaśceti gārgeyāḥ sapta kīrttitāḥ
रुद्र, विप्र, दान, चंद्र, मंथ, अवलोकक आणि सूर्यावलोक—हे सात ‘गार्गेय’ म्हणून कीर्तित आहेत।
Śiva (addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Someśvara vicinity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A scroll-like tableau showing seven ascetic figures labeled Rudra, Vipra, Dāna, Candra, Mantha, Avalokaka, Sūryāvaloka—standing or seated near a liṅga shrine, as if a sacred register of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
The Māhātmya anchors the site’s holiness in remembered lineages of realized beings, making the kṣetra a living map of spiritual heritage.
The broader context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra and Someśvara, where these siddha groups are being cataloged.
None; this verse is a nominative list of the seven Gārgeyās.