Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76
वैवस्वतः क्षकारश्च तात कृष्णः प्रदृश्यते । ककाराद्य हकारांतास्त्रयस्त्रिंशच्च देवताः
vaivasvataḥ kṣakāraśca tāta kṛṣṇaḥ pradṛśyate | kakārādya hakārāṃtāstrayastriṃśacca devatāḥ
‘ویوَسوت’ کو حرف ‘کْشَ’ سے ظاہر کیا گیا ہے؛ اور، اے عزیز، ‘کرشن’ بھی اسی طرح نمایاں ہے۔ ‘ک’ سے ‘ہ’ تک تینتیس دیوتا سمجھے جاتے ہیں۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Listener: priya (addressed as 'dear one')
Scene: A luminous Sanskrit alphabet arc from ka to ha forms a garland; within it, thirty-three small deity-icons appear as sparks. The conjunct kṣa is highlighted, pointing to Vaivasvata; Kṛṣṇa appears as a dark-blue divine figure emerging from the phoneme-field.
FAQs
The cosmos and its deities are presented as orderly and intelligible, even mapped onto sacred sound (varṇa), emphasizing mantra-based contemplation.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal—enumerating deities via phonemes.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it supports japa/mantra contemplation by linking sound-units to divine principles.