Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
त्रिजातो ब्राह्मणस्तत्र किन्नामा कस्य सम्भवः । किंगोत्रश्चैव किंसंज्ञः कीर्तयस्व महामते
trijāto brāhmaṇastatra kinnāmā kasya sambhavaḥ | kiṃgotraścaiva kiṃsaṃjñaḥ kīrtayasva mahāmate
Ce brāhmane nommé Trijāta—quel était son nom au complet, de qui naquit-il, quel était son gotra, et sous quelle appellation était-il connu ? Déclare-le, ô grand d’esprit.
Inquirer (unnamed in snippet; likely a sage addressing Sūta in the frame-dialogue)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-questioner (unspecified here)
Scene: A questioning sage/kingly inquirer respectfully asks a narrator about Trijāta’s full identity; the narrator sits poised to recount genealogy, with a sacred grove/temple backdrop.
FAQs
It frames the importance of lineage and identity in Purāṇic narration, grounding sacred history in remembered genealogies.
The ongoing narrative belongs to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
None; it is a question initiating biographical details.