Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
स विप्रः कर्मणा नीतो दशार्णधरणीपतेः । वज्रबाहुकुटुंबिन्याः सुमत्या गर्भमास्थितः
sa vipraḥ karmaṇā nīto daśārṇadharaṇīpateḥ | vajrabāhukuṭuṃbinyāḥ sumatyā garbhamāsthitaḥ
कर्म के वश होकर वह ब्राह्मण दशार्ण देश के नरेश के यहाँ पहुँचा और राजा वज्रबाहु के अंतःपुर की प्रमुख रानी सुमती के गर्भ में प्रविष्ट हुआ।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Scene: A symbolic rebirth scene: the brāhmaṇa’s subtle body guided by karma toward a royal palace; Queen Sumatī depicted with auspicious pregnancy signs; King Vajrabāhu’s court in the background.
FAQs
Karma guides rebirth, determining place, family, and circumstances—even leading a brāhmaṇa into a royal womb.
No tīrtha is praised; the verse identifies the region of Daśārṇa as part of the narrative setting.
None; it is a karmic-rebirth description.