Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
नरो नारायणश्चैव हरिः कृष्णस्तथैव च । विष्णोरंशांशका ह्येते चत्वारो धर्मसूनवः
naro nārāyaṇaścaiva hariḥ kṛṣṇastathaiva ca | viṣṇoraṃśāṃśakā hyete catvāro dharmasūnavaḥ
നരനും നാരായണനും, അതുപോലെ ഹരിയും ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനും—ഇവർ നാലുപേരും വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ അംശാംശങ്ങൾ; ധർമ്മന്റെ പുത്രന്മാർ.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Āvantya/Revā narration)
Scene: A genealogical-vision tableau: four radiant forms—Nara, Nārāyaṇa, Hari, and Kṛṣṇa—standing as emanations of Viṣṇu, with Dharma as a dignified progenitor figure blessing them.
FAQs
Divine incarnations manifest to uphold Dharma; even when appearing as ‘partial’ forms, they embody Viṣṇu’s sustaining power.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces the Nara-Nārāyaṇa narrative that later situates their austerities at Gandhamādana.
None in this verse.