Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
सूत उवाच । सूर्यवंशसमुद्भूतो बृहदश्वसुतो बली । ख्यातः कुवलयाश्वेति धंधुमारस्तथैव सः
sūta uvāca | sūryavaṃśasamudbhūto bṛhadaśvasuto balī | khyātaḥ kuvalayāśveti dhaṃdhumārastathaiva saḥ
ಸೂತನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಅವನು ಸೂರ್ಯವಂಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ, ಬೃಹದಶ್ವನ ಬಲಿಷ್ಠ ಪುತ್ರ; ಕುವಲಯಾಶ್ವನೆಂದು ಖ್ಯಾತನಾದ ಅವನೇ ಧುಂಧುಮಾರನೆಂದು ಸಹ ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟನು.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta, as narrator, proclaims the king’s Solar lineage and names—Kuvalayāśva and Dhundhumāra—before an attentive assembly.
FAQs
Sacred geography is often introduced through righteous lineages—kings devoted to dharma become instruments for a tīrtha’s later glory.
The verse prepares the narrative for the Camatkārapura kṣetra described in the same adhyāya.
No ritual is prescribed here; it establishes the identity and fame of the king connected to the tīrtha narrative.
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