Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
तत्रैकाहं समुत्पन्ना कन्या तस्य महात्मनः । वृद्धिं गता क्रमेणाथ तस्मिन्नेव तपोवने
tatraikāhaṃ samutpannā kanyā tasya mahātmanaḥ | vṛddhiṃ gatā krameṇātha tasminneva tapovane
Là, je naquis fille de ce grand être ; puis, au fil du temps, je grandis peu à peu, en ce même bois d’austérités.
Śāṇḍilya (continuing narrative)
Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (tapo-vana)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A young girl growing up in an ascetic grove: simple hut, sacred fire area, elders in meditation, the child learning chores amid forest calm.
FAQs
Spiritual culture is formed by environment: life in a tapovana nurtures discipline, service, and readiness for sacred instruction.
The setting continues at Kurukṣetra’s āśrama/tapovana milieu, though no new tīrtha name is added in this verse.
None; it describes upbringing in a place of tapas.