Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
पुरा जन्मन्यहं बालो ब्राह्मणस्याभवं भुवि । पाराशर्यसगोत्रस्य विश्वरूपस्य सन्मुनेः
purā janmanyahaṃ bālo brāhmaṇasyābhavaṃ bhuvi | pārāśaryasagotrasya viśvarūpasya sanmuneḥ
En un nacimiento anterior, sobre la tierra, fui un niño en la casa de un brāhmaṇa—del linaje de Parāśarya—del noble sabio llamado Viśvarūpa.
Nāḍījaṃgha (continuing autobiographical account by context)
Tirtha: Ghṛtakaṃbala (contextual backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vipra/king in the present scene
Scene: Nāḍījaṃgha begins his past-life account: once he was a young boy on earth in the household/lineage of a brāhmaṇa of Parāśarya gotra, the noble sage Viśvarūpa.
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Purāṇic narratives link present conditions to prior births, emphasizing continuity of karma and the formative power of dharmic households.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
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