Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
ऋषिरैलविलो यस्यां विश्रवाः समपद्यत । तस्य पत्न्यश्च तिस्रस्तु पौलस्त्यकुलमंडनाः
ṛṣirailavilo yasyāṃ viśravāḥ samapadyata | tasya patnyaśca tisrastu paulastyakulamaṃḍanāḥ
اُسی سے رِشی وِشروَا (جو اَیلَوِل بھی کہلاتا ہے) پیدا ہوا۔ اور اُس کی تین بیویاں تھیں، جو پُلستیہ خاندان کی زینت تھیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Hermitage scene: Ilavilā with newborn Viśravā; Pulastya blessing; later, a symbolic triptych of Viśravā with three consorts as ‘ornaments’ of the lineage (not sensual, but auspicious).
FAQs
Purāṇas present sacred history as a dhārmic continuum—lineage, conduct, and responsibility are interlinked.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the setting of the māhātmya; the genealogy is narrated as part of its sanctifying tradition.
None in this verse; it introduces family structure and lineage context.