Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
इक्ष्वाकोर्वसुषेणस्य ककुत्स्थस्य महात्मनः । ऐलस्य चन्द्रदेवस्य काशिराजस्य सन्मतेः
ikṣvākorvasuṣeṇasya kakutsthasya mahātmanaḥ | ailasya candradevasya kāśirājasya sanmateḥ
De même, les fondations sacrées d’Ikṣvāku, de Vasuṣeṇa, du magnanime Kakutstha; d’Aila; de Candradeva; et du sage roi de Kāśī—tout cela fut aussi obscurci en ce lieu.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ
Scene: A map-like montage: names of ancient founders (Ikṣvāku, Kakutstha, Aila, Candradeva, Kāśīrāja) hovering as translucent figures over a single sacred site—suggesting many epochs of worship now hidden beneath earth and time.
FAQs
Sacred geography is interwoven with dharmic lineages; remembering these names keeps the tradition of kṣetra-devotion alive.
Not a single named tīrtha here; it lists revered figures whose associated sacred establishments in the region became obscured.
None; it continues the enumerative description.