Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
विद्योत आसील्लंबायां ततश्च स्तनयित्नवः । ककुदः शकटः पुत्रः कीकटस्तनयो यतः
vidyota āsīllaṃbāyāṃ tataśca stanayitnavaḥ | kakudaḥ śakaṭaḥ putraḥ kīkaṭastanayo yataḥ
ലംബയിൽ നിന്ന് വിദ്യോതൻ ജനിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് സ്തനയിത്നവർ (മേഘഗർജ്ജന ദേവതകൾ) ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു. കകുദനും ശകടനും പുത്രന്മാരായി ജനിച്ചു; അവനിൽ നിന്ന് കീകരടൻ എന്ന പുത്രൻ ജനിച്ചു.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), as narrator to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A dramatic yet orderly depiction: Lambā as a luminous mother figure giving rise to Vidyota (lightning personified), followed by Stanayitnavas (thunder beings) shown as cloud-formed youths; Kakuda and Śakaṭa as sturdy figures, with Kīkaṭa emerging as a child/region-personification.
FAQs
It reinforces Purāṇic memory-culture: remembering sacred lineages (vaṃśa) is a way of honoring cosmic order and dharma.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it functions as genealogical narration within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
None explicitly; the verse is purely genealogical.