Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
सूत उवाच । ब्रह्मणो दक्षिणांगुष्ठाज्जज्ञे दक्षः प्रजापतिः । स च संजनयामास पचाशत्कन्यकाः शुभाः
sūta uvāca | brahmaṇo dakṣiṇāṃguṣṭhājjajñe dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ | sa ca saṃjanayāmāsa pacāśatkanyakāḥ śubhāḥ
সূত বললেন—ব্রহ্মার দক্ষিণ অঙ্গুষ্ঠ থেকে দক্ষ প্রজাপতি জন্ম নিলেন। পরে তিনি পঞ্চাশ জন শুভ কন্যার জন্ম দিলেন।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti, narrator)
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame audience)
Scene: Sūta begins the account: Brahmā’s right thumb gives rise to Dakṣa Prajāpati, who later fathers fifty daughters—an iconic creation-genealogy tableau.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-narratives often begin with sacred genealogy, grounding later vows and kṣetra-glory in cosmic order (dharma) and divine origination.
This verse is introductory genealogy within the Tīrtha-māhātmya; the specific kṣetra is developed in the surrounding adhyāya rather than named in this line.
None here; it establishes lineage (Brahmā → Dakṣa) as narrative foundation.