Shloka 6 - Adhyaya 38 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । सूर्यवंशसमुद्भूतो बृहदश्वसुतो बली । ख्यातः कुवलयाश्वेति धंधुमारस्तथैव सः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | sūryavaṃśasamudbhūto bṛhadaśvasuto balī | khyātaḥ kuvalayāśveti dhaṃdhumārastathaiva saḥ

Translation

スータは語った。「彼は太陽王統（スーリヤヴァンシャ）に生まれ、ブリハダシュヴァの勇猛なる子であった。クヴァラヤーシュヴァの名で名高く、またドゥンドゥマーラとも呼ばれた。」

Word by Word

सूतःSūta (the narrator)

उवाचsaid

सूर्यवंशसमुद्भूतःborn in the Solar dynasty

बृहदश्वसुतःson of Bṛhadaśva

बलीmighty

ख्यातःrenowned, known

कुवलयाश्वKuvalayāśva (name)

इतिthus

धंधुमारःDhaṃdhumāra

तथाthus, so

एवindeed

सःhe

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta, as narrator, proclaims the king’s Solar lineage and names—Kuvalayāśva and Dhundhumāra—before an attentive assembly.

Characters & Entities

Sūta

Sūryavaṃśa

Bṛhadaśva

Kuvalayāśva

Dhundhumāra

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is often introduced through righteous lineages—kings devoted to dharma become instruments for a tīrtha’s later glory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse prepares the narrative for the Camatkārapura kṣetra described in the same adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; it establishes the identity and fame of the king connected to the tīrtha narrative.