Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
बहवश्चर्षयो जाता वालखिल्याः सहस्रशः । उपतस्थुस्तदा सर्वेताततातेति चाब्रुवन्
bahavaścarṣayo jātā vālakhilyāḥ sahasraśaḥ | upatasthustadā sarvetātatāteti cābruvan
Então nasceram muitos sábios—Vālakhilyas aos milhares. Todos se aproximaram e clamaram: “Pai! Pai!”
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sudden multitude of tiny ascetic Vālakhilya sages appear in thousands, surrounding a central revered figure, hands folded, calling out ‘Father, Father!’ amid a Himalayan sacrificial setting.
FAQs
Purāṇic cosmology links moral events to the arising of lineages; spiritual beings can emerge from extraordinary causes within dharma-narratives.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting provides the sacred Himalayan frame, though the verse itself focuses on origin narrative.
None in this verse.