Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100
संवर्त उवाच । इति वाचं समाकर्ण्य भाव्यर्थकृतनिश्चयः । याज्ञवल्क्यो मरौ देशे विप्रस्याजायतात्मजः
saṃvarta uvāca | iti vācaṃ samākarṇya bhāvyarthakṛtaniścayaḥ | yājñavalkyo marau deśe viprasyājāyatātmajaḥ
Saṃvarta said: “Hearing these words, and having resolved upon what was to come, Yājñavalkya was born in the desert region as the son of a brāhmaṇa.”
Saṃvarta
Tirtha: Maru-deśa (as narrative region, not a tīrtha here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Narrator Saṃvarta recounts: a child (Yājñavalkya) is born to a brāhmaṇa in a desert land—sand dunes, sparse shrubs, a humble hut/āśrama; the child’s face carries an uncanny composure.
FAQs
Purāṇic history frames births and destinies as outcomes shaped by prior causes and firm resolve, reinforcing karma and narrative continuity.
No specific tīrtha is praised; only a geographical setting, “Maru-deśa” (desert region), is mentioned as narrative context.
None; it is a narrative transition identifying speaker and lineage/birth.