तासां मध्ये महादेवि एका विश्वेति विश्रुता । सा धर्माच्च महादेवि अष्टावजनयत्सुतान्
tāsāṃ madhye mahādevi ekā viśveti viśrutā | sā dharmācca mahādevi aṣṭāvajanayatsutān
ان کے درمیان، اے مہادیوی، ایک ‘وشوا’ کے نام سے مشہور تھی؛ اور اس نے دھرم کے وسیلے سے، اے مہادیوی، آٹھ بیٹوں کو جنم دیا۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī addressed within the episode
Scene: A calm, iconic tableau of Viśvā (a divine mother) with Dharma as a radiant, austere presence; eight infant-lights (future Vasus) suggested as luminous emblems rather than literal babies; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa hinted in the background.
Puranic tīrtha narratives ground sacred places in cosmic family-lines, linking devotion to an ordered, meaningful universe.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextually), as this lineage leads to Pratyūṣa’s pilgrimage and liṅga establishment there.
None; the verse continues the genealogical account.