Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
ततस्तेन समाहूय दैवज्ञाञ्छास्त्रपंडितान् । तेषां निवेदितं सर्वं कालं तस्य समुद्भवम्
tatastena samāhūya daivajñāñchāstrapaṃḍitān | teṣāṃ niveditaṃ sarvaṃ kālaṃ tasya samudbhavam
ثم استدعى المنجّمين والعلماء المتبحّرين في الشاسترا، وأخبرهم بكلّ شيء، ولا سيّما وقت ولادة ذلك الطفل والظروف التي نشأت عنها.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: King Prabhañjana convenes astrologers and śāstra-paṇḍitas; they examine charts/palm-leaves, discussing the child’s birth-time and omens under lamplight in a pillared hall.
FAQs
In Purāṇic society, major decisions are weighed through dharma and learned counsel, seeking alignment with auspicious timing and right conduct.
No specific tīrtha is named; this is part of the narrative chain within the tīrthamāhātmya.
None explicitly; it mentions consultation with daivajñas and śāstra-scholars regarding birth circumstances.