Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
विश्वेदेवास्तु विश्वायाः साध्या साध्यानजीजनत् । मरुत्वत्यां मरुत्वंतो वसोस्तु वसवस्तथा
viśvedevāstu viśvāyāḥ sādhyā sādhyānajījanat | marutvatyāṃ marutvaṃto vasostu vasavastathā
وِشوا سے وِشویدیو پیدا ہوئے؛ اور وِشوا ہی سے سادھیوں نے سادھیوں کو جنم دیا۔ مَروتوتی سے مَروت پیدا ہوئے؛ اور وَسو سے اسی طرح وَسوگان ظاہر ہوئے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrational style in Māhātmya sections)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Four divine collectives manifest in ordered ranks: Viśvedevas, Sādhyas, Maruts, and Vasus—each with distinct iconographic cues—emerging from their respective mothers in a cosmic tableau.
FAQs
It presents cosmic order (ṛta) through divine genealogies, teaching that creation unfolds through lawful, sacred lineages upheld by Dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), the sacred region traditionally identified with Prabhāsa/Veraval–Somnāth area in Gujarat.
None in this verse; it is primarily a genealogical listing of deva-groups.