Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11
पुरा हि गालवोनाम मुनिर्विष्णुपरायणः । दक्षिणांभोनिधेस्तीरे हालास्यादविदूरतः
purā hi gālavonāma munirviṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ | dakṣiṇāṃbhonidhestīre hālāsyādavidūrataḥ
กาลก่อนมีฤๅษีนามว่า กาลวะ ผู้มอบตนแด่พระวิษณุโดยสิ้นเชิง ท่านพำนักอยู่ริมมหาสมุทรทิศใต้ ไม่ไกลจากหาลาสยะ
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual deduction)
Tirtha: Southern ocean shore tīrtha near Hālāsya (contextual setting for Setu tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas
Scene: A serene seashore āśrama: palm and coastal scrub, a thatched hut, the sage Gālava seated facing the ocean with japa-mālā, a distant suggestion of Hālāsya’s temple towers inland, and a subtle Viṣṇu presence in the sky or heart-lotus motif.
FAQs
Pilgrimage narratives often begin with a saintly exemplar: devotion (bhakti) and austerity (tapas) prepare the ground for tīrtha-revelation.
The Setu coastal sacred landscape; the verse situates the story near the southern ocean and Hālāsya as a regional marker.
None directly; it introduces a devotional sage whose tapas becomes central to the forthcoming account.