Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
ततस्तस्यां सुता जज्ञे तस्मान्मदनरासभात् । वद सा तस्य भवति किं दौहित्री सुताऽथवा । एनं प्रश्नं मम ब्रूहि शीघ्रं चेच्छक्तिरस्ति ते
tatastasyāṃ sutā jajñe tasmānmadanarāsabhāt | vada sā tasya bhavati kiṃ dauhitrī sutā'thavā | enaṃ praśnaṃ mama brūhi śīghraṃ cecchaktirasti te
नंतर त्या कामांध नरपशूपासून तिच्या पोटी एक कन्या जन्मली. सांग, त्याच्यासाठी ती नात आहे की मुलगी? सामर्थ्य असेल तर हा प्रश्न मला लवकर सांग.
An inquirer within the narrative (listener addressing the narrator); exact identity not in excerpt
Scene: A narrator or questioner poses a sharp genealogical paradox: a child born from a man and his own daughter—Is she his daughter or granddaughter? The scene can show a sage-like figure questioning, with symbolic family-tree imagery tangled.
FAQs
Adharma creates confusion in lineage and social order; moral transgression collapses clear relational dharma.
No holy site is referenced; the verse frames a logical/ethical dilemma.
None; it is a question posed as a riddle about kinship.