Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
भानोस्तु भानवस्तेन मुहूर्त्तायां मुहूर्त्तकाः । लंबाया घोषनामानो नागवीथिस्तु जामिजा
bhānostu bhānavastena muhūrttāyāṃ muhūrttakāḥ | laṃbāyā ghoṣanāmāno nāgavīthistu jāmijā
بھانو سے بھانوَ پیدا ہوئے؛ اور مُہورتَا سے مُہورتک پیدا ہوئے۔ لَمبا سے وہ پیدا ہوئے جو ‘گھوش نامان’ کہلاتے ہیں؛ اور جامی سے ناگوِیتھی پیدا ہوئی۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Personifications of Bhānu (solar radiance) and Muhūrtā (time-mother) appear as luminous figures; their progeny—Bhānavas and Muhūrtakas—surround them like rays and clock-divisions; Lambā’s Ghoṣanāmanas and Jāmi’s Nāgavīthi appear as attendant groups.
FAQs
It links divine beings to principles like light (Bhānu) and sacred time (Muhūrta), implying that both space (kṣetra) and time (kāla) are sanctified in Purāṇic Dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching māhātmya context, though this verse itself focuses on divine genealogy.
None explicitly; the verse enumerates origins of named divine groups.