Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
दक्ष प्रजापतेः पुत्री कश्यपस्य परिग्रहः । गरुत्मतः प्रसूः साध्वी कुतो दास्यमवाप सा
dakṣa prajāpateḥ putrī kaśyapasya parigrahaḥ | garutmataḥ prasūḥ sādhvī kuto dāsyamavāpa sā
তিনি দক্ষ প্রজাপতির কন্যা, কশ্যপের ধর্মপত্নী এবং গরুড়ের সাধ্বী জননী—তবে তিনি কীভাবে দাসত্বে পতিত হলেন?
Agastya (continuing question)
Listener: a sage/interlocutor addressed as 'mahāmati' (great-minded)
Scene: A courtly-sage setting where a listener marvels that Vinatā—Dakṣa’s daughter, Kaśyapa’s consort, mother of Garuḍa—could become a servant; the question hangs like a moral riddle.
FAQs
Even the noble can face bondage through fate and past actions—prompting inquiry into karma, vows, and dharma in Purāṇic storytelling.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse sets up a narrative (ākhyāna) that will later connect to sacred geography and merit.
None; it is a genealogical and narrative question.