Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
चमत्कारपुरे पूर्वं मांडव्यान्वय संभवः । लोहजंघो द्विजो ह्यासीत्पितृमातृपरायणः
camatkārapure pūrvaṃ māṃḍavyānvaya saṃbhavaḥ | lohajaṃgho dvijo hyāsītpitṛmātṛparāyaṇaḥ
മുമ്പ് ചമത്കാരപുരത്തിൽ മാണ്ഡവ്യ വംശത്തിൽ ജനിച്ച ലോഹജംഘൻ എന്നൊരു ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; അവൻ പിതാമാതൃസേവയിൽ പരായണനായിരുന്നു.
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: A quiet townscape of Camatkārapura: a modest brāhmaṇa household; Lohajaṅgha depicted with sacred thread, water-pot, and calm demeanor, offering service to elderly parents.
FAQs
Service to parents is upheld as a central dharma, forming the moral foundation for later events in the narrative.
The broader setting is the tīrtha-region being narrated (Adhyāya 124), with Camatkārapura introduced as a key locale in the account.
None; it introduces the character and his dharmic disposition.