Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
अंतर्वत्न्यथ कालने तत्पत्नी सुषुवे सुतम् । तस्य नाम पिता चक्रे हरिकेश इति द्विज
aṃtarvatnyatha kālane tatpatnī suṣuve sutam | tasya nāma pitā cakre harikeśa iti dvija
കാലം ചെന്നപ്പോൾ ഗർഭിണിയായ അവന്റെ ഭാര്യ ഒരു പുത്രനെ പ്രസവിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന് പിതാവ് അവന് ‘ഹരികേശ’ എന്നു നാമകരണം ചെയ്തു, ഹേ ദ്വിജ.
Skanda (narrative voice, addressing a dvija; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija (addressed as ‘O twice-born’)
Scene: A serene childbirth and naming scene: the mother with the newborn, the father performing a simple naming rite, elders/priests present, auspicious vessels and lamps nearby.
FAQs
It depicts the fruition of devotion and vow in the form of progeny, reinforcing faith in Śiva’s grace.
The surrounding passage belongs to Kāśī’s Nādeśvara-focused māhātmya, though this verse itself narrates the birth.
No ritual is prescribed here; it records the outcome (birth) and the naming of the child.