Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
विद्योत आसील्लंबायां ततश्च स्तनयित्नवः । ककुदः शकटः पुत्रः कीकटस्तनयो यतः
vidyota āsīllaṃbāyāṃ tataśca stanayitnavaḥ | kakudaḥ śakaṭaḥ putraḥ kīkaṭastanayo yataḥ
लम्बा से विद्योत उत्पन्न हुआ; उसके बाद स्तनयित्नव (मेघ-गर्जन के देव) हुए। ककुद और शकट भी पुत्र हुए, और उससे कीकट नामक पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), as narrator to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A dramatic yet orderly depiction: Lambā as a luminous mother figure giving rise to Vidyota (lightning personified), followed by Stanayitnavas (thunder beings) shown as cloud-formed youths; Kakuda and Śakaṭa as sturdy figures, with Kīkaṭa emerging as a child/region-personification.
FAQs
It reinforces Purāṇic memory-culture: remembering sacred lineages (vaṃśa) is a way of honoring cosmic order and dharma.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it functions as genealogical narration within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
None explicitly; the verse is purely genealogical.