Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
पुरा त्वष्टुः सुतो जज्ञे वृत्रो हि द्विजसत्तमाः । पुलोमदुहितुः पार्श्वाद्विभावर्याः सुवीर्यवान्
purā tvaṣṭuḥ suto jajñe vṛtro hi dvijasattamāḥ | pulomaduhituḥ pārśvādvibhāvaryāḥ suvīryavān
പുരാതനകാലത്ത്, ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, ത്വഷ്ടാവിന്റെ പുത്രനായ വൃത്രൻ ജനിച്ചു—പുലോമന്റെ പുത്രി വിഭാവരിയുടെ ഗർഭപാർശ്വത്തിൽ നിന്ന്—മഹാവീര്യവാൻ.
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-type narrator)
Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ / ṛṣi-assembly
Scene: Mythic birth tableau: Tvaṣṭṛ as divine artisan-sage; Vibhāvarī (Puloman’s daughter) giving birth to Vṛtra, depicted not as monstrous but as radiant and powerful, foreshadowing an unusual dharmic asura.
FAQs
Purāṇas frame tīrtha teachings within sacred history, showing how destinies and dharma unfold through lineage and divine order.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the ongoing tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; this verse provides genealogical background.