Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
विरोचनस्य भगिनी संज्ञा या जननी तु सा । हिरण्यकशिपोः पौत्री दितेः पुत्रस्य सा स्मृता
virocanasya bhaginī saṃjñā yā jananī tu sā | hiraṇyakaśipoḥ pautrī diteḥ putrasya sā smṛtā
വിരോചനന്റെ സഹോദരി ‘സഞ്ജ്ഞാ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധയായ അവളേ മാതാവായി. അവൾ ഹിരണ്യകശിപുവിന്റെ പൗത്രിയും ദിതിപുത്രവംശത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചവളായും സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Sūta (deduced for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage-narrator in a tīrtha setting recounts the Daitya lineage: Saṃjñā/Prāhlādī identified as sister of Virocana and granddaughter of Hiraṇyakaśipu; palm-leaf manuscript, cosmic family-tree motifs behind.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching often embeds spiritual meaning within lineage memory, reminding readers that identity and duty are framed by sacred history.
The genealogy is narrated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context.
None; it is a lineage statement supporting the chapter’s sacred-historical framework.