Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
एवं चान्या महाभागे पारंपर्येण कन्यकाः । तव वंशोद्भवाः सर्वाः प्रभविष्यंति मंत्रतः
evaṃ cānyā mahābhāge pāraṃparyeṇa kanyakāḥ | tava vaṃśodbhavāḥ sarvāḥ prabhaviṣyaṃti maṃtrataḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ്യേ! പരമ്പരയായി മറ്റു കന്യകളും—മന്ത്രബലത്താൽ—എല്ലാവരും നിന്റെ വംശോദ്ഭവരായി ഉദ്ഭവിക്കും।
Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pādukā-sambhava (as implied)
Type: cave
Listener: Kumārī (maiden)
Scene: Śiva proclaims that, through succession, many maidens will arise as of her lineage by mantra; the imagery suggests a chain of initiations, each link illuminated by the same sacred light.
FAQs
A ‘lineage’ may be preserved through sacred transmission (paramparā) empowered by mantra, beyond biological descent.
The teaching appears within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative of Śrīmātuḥ Pādukā.
Continuation of a mantra-paramparā—ensuring teachings are passed on in proper succession.