Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
भृगुरत्रिर्मरीचिश्च भरद्वाजोऽथ कश्यपः । कण्वो मंकिश्च सावर्णिर्जातूकर्ण्यस्तथैव च
bhṛguratrirmarīciśca bharadvājo'tha kaśyapaḥ | kaṇvo maṃkiśca sāvarṇirjātūkarṇyastathaiva ca
“ภฤคุ อตรี และมรีจิ; ภรทวาช และกัศยปะ; กัณวะ มังกิ สาวรรณิ และชาตูกัรณยะด้วย—”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Unnata-south yajña-bhūmi (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A panoramic yajña assembly: Bhṛgu, Atri, Marīci, Bharadvāja, Kaśyapa, Kaṇva, Maṃki, Sāvarṇi, Jātūkarṇya seated around the sacred fire, each with distinctive ascetic features and implements; the atmosphere is solemn and luminous.
FAQs
The holiness of Prabhāsa is affirmed by the presence of renowned ṛṣis, implying that sacred places are validated by sustained Vedic practice.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where these sages are being enumerated as participants in the sacrificial setting.
No direct prescription; the verse lists ṛṣis associated with ongoing sacrifices described in the surrounding verses.