Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु शर्याति र्वल्मीकं क्षिप्रमभ्यगात् । तत्रापश्यत्तपोवृद्धं वयोवृद्धं च भार्गवम्
etacchrutvā tu śaryāti rvalmīkaṃ kṣipramabhyagāt | tatrāpaśyattapovṛddhaṃ vayovṛddhaṃ ca bhārgavam
یہ سن کر شریاتی فوراً دیمک کے ٹیلے کے پاس گیا۔ وہاں اس نے بھارگو کو دیکھا—تپسیا میں عظیم اور عمر میں بھی رسیدہ۔
Īśvara (narrator voice within the Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Valmīka-sthāna (Bhārgava-darśana) within Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śaryāti rushes to the anthill and beholds an aged Bhārgava ascetic—weathered, radiant with austerity—emerging or visible at the valmīka, the king’s posture shifting from authority to reverence.
FAQs
True power is tapas-born spiritual stature; rulers must honor ascetics and approach them with humility.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the Māhātmya’s sacred setting; the verse focuses on meeting the ṛṣi rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
None; it narrates Śaryāti’s immediate approach to the sage.