Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
देवक्या जठरे देवः संजातो दैत्यदर्पहा । तथान्या रोहिणीनाम भार्या तस्य च याऽभवत्
devakyā jaṭhare devaḥ saṃjāto daityadarpahā | tathānyā rohiṇīnāma bhāryā tasya ca yā'bhavat
देवकी के गर्भ में देव प्रकट हुए—दैत्य-गर्व का नाश करने वाले। और उनकी एक अन्य पत्नी भी थीं, जिनका नाम रोहिणी था।
Sūta
Tirtha: Mathurā (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devakī bearing the divine child; the unborn Lord is described as the crusher of demon pride; mention of Rohiṇī as another wife sets the family tableau.
FAQs
Divinity enters human history to humble arrogance and uphold dharma, turning pride into devotion through divine intervention.
Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha setting becomes explicit later in the chapter.
None here; it provides narrative lineage and divine purpose.
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