Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
द्वे चैवांगिरसे तद्वत्तासां नामानि विस्तरात् । शृणु त्वं देवि मातॄणां प्रजाविस्तरमादितः
dve caivāṃgirase tadvattāsāṃ nāmāni vistarāt | śṛṇu tvaṃ devi mātṝṇāṃ prajāvistaramāditaḥ
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Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: A narrator-sage addressing a Devī (listener), gesturing to a scroll that contains the mothers’ names and progeny expansion; behind them, symbolic vignettes of devas, nakṣatras, and beings emerging from the lineage-tree.
FAQs
Remembering sacred lineages is presented as a way to contemplate cosmic order and dharma’s continuity.
The broader discourse remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, though the verse itself introduces genealogical detail.
None.