Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
आनर्त्त संभवः कश्चिन्नाम्ना वेदरथो द्विजः । कलत्रपुत्रसंपन्नो विद्वानुत्तमवंशजः
ānartta saṃbhavaḥ kaścinnāmnā vedaratho dvijaḥ | kalatraputrasaṃpanno vidvānuttamavaṃśajaḥ
ആനർത്തദേശത്തിൽ ജനിച്ച ‘വേദരഥ’ എന്നൊരു ദ്വിജൻ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അവൻ ഭാര്യാ-പുത്രസമ്പന്നൻ, പണ്ഡിതൻ, ഉത്തമവംശജനുമായിരുന്നു.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Ānarta (deśa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (assembly of sages)
Scene: Introduction of Vedaratha: a dignified brāhmaṇa householder with wife and children, holding a manuscript or rosary, standing before a modest but prosperous home; a map-like hint of western coast or desert scrub suggests Ānarta.
FAQs
The vrata-teaching is framed through a moral narrative featuring a learned householder, preparing for an instructive turn of events.
No tīrtha is glorified; Ānarta is a regional identifier, not a praised pilgrimage-site in this verse.
None in this verse; it introduces the protagonist for the vrata-related narrative.