Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य रत्नाक्षोऽथ महीपतिः । अयोध्याधि पतिः ख्यातः सूर्यवंशसमुद्भवः
kasyacittvatha kālasya ratnākṣo'tha mahīpatiḥ | ayodhyādhi patiḥ khyātaḥ sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ
Après quelque temps, parut un roi nommé Ratnākṣa, renommé comme seigneur d’Ayodhyā, issu de la dynastie solaire.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Scene: A royal figure, Ratnākṣa, is introduced in courtly splendor—Ayodhyā’s palaces, banners, and the emblematic solar insignia suggesting Sūryavaṃśa heritage.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often anchor sacred geography in the lives of exemplary rulers to teach dharma through history.
The Adhyāya’s kuṇḍa/tīrtha remains the focus; Ratnākṣa is introduced as a later beneficiary within the same sacred context.
None in this verse; it introduces the royal figure who will relate to the tīrtha’s promised fruit.