Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
रुद्रो विप्रस्तथा दानश्चंद्रो मन्थोऽवलोककः । सूर्यावलोकश्चेति गार्गेयाः सप्त कीर्त्तिताः
rudro viprastathā dānaścaṃdro mantho'valokakaḥ | sūryāvalokaśceti gārgeyāḥ sapta kīrttitāḥ
రుద్రుడు, విప్రుడు, దానుడు, చంద్రుడు, మంథుడు, అవలోకకుడు, సూర్యావలోకుడు—ఈ ఏడుగురు ‘గార్గేయ’లని కీర్తించబడుదురు।
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.