Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
वालखिल्याश्रमं प्राप्तः पुण्यं सद्वृक्षशोभितम् । स तत्र भगवांस्तेषां दारैर्दृष्टः सुरूपवान्
vālakhilyāśramaṃ prāptaḥ puṇyaṃ sadvṛkṣaśobhitam | sa tatra bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ dārairdṛṣṭaḥ surūpavān
ਉਹ ਵਾਲਖਿਲ੍ਯਾਂ ਦੇ ਆਸ਼੍ਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ—ਪਵਿੱਤਰ, ਸਦਵ੍ਰਿੱਖਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਸ਼ੋਭਿਤ। ਉੱਥੇ ਉਹ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਪਤਨੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਤਿ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਸਿਆ।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (pārthiva)
Scene: A serene hermitage shaded by venerable trees; Śiva appears as a supremely handsome ascetic; the sages’ wives notice him, foreshadowing disturbance in an otherwise pure setting.
FAQs
Holy places (āśramas/forests) are depicted as spiritually charged landscapes where divine presence becomes perceptible—linking sacred geography with devotion.
The Vālakhilya-āśrama is highlighted as a ‘puṇya’ sacred locale (āśrama as a tīrtha-like holy space).
None.