Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
सूर्यवंशोद्भवः पूर्वं त्रिशंकुरिति विश्रुतः । आसीत्पार्थिवशार्दूलः शार्दूलसमविक्रमः
sūryavaṃśodbhavaḥ pūrvaṃ triśaṃkuriti viśrutaḥ | āsītpārthivaśārdūlaḥ śārdūlasamavikramaḥ
កាលពីមុន មានព្រះអង្គមួយកើតក្នុងព្រះវង្សសូរ្យវង្ស ល្បីឈ្មោះថា ត្រីសង្គុ—ជាសីហ៍ខ្លាក្នុងចំណោមព្រះមហាក្សត្រ មានវីរភាពស្មើនឹងកម្លាំងខ្លា។
Sūta (narrator)
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A regal portrait-introduction: Triśaṅku as a Solar-dynasty king, lion-throne or chariot, radiant aura suggesting Sūryavaṃśa prestige; narrator’s voice overlays genealogical praise.
FAQs
Dharma is framed through lineage and character—royal power is acknowledged, but it will be tested by higher spiritual law in the coming dialogue.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets up the king’s identity for the tīrtha-centered narrative that follows.
None; this is descriptive genealogy and praise of royal valor.