Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
सूत उवाच सांकृत्यस्य मुनेर्वंशे स संभूतो द्विजोत्तमः । प्रभाव इति विख्यातो दत्तसंज्ञो निमेः सुतः
sūta uvāca sāṃkṛtyasya munervaṃśe sa saṃbhūto dvijottamaḥ | prabhāva iti vikhyāto dattasaṃjño nimeḥ sutaḥ
सूत म्हणाले—सांकृत्य मुनींच्या वंशात तो द्विजोत्तम उत्पन्न झाला. तो ‘प्रभाव’ या नावाने विख्यात होता, ‘दत्त’ या संज्ञेनेही ओळखला जाई, आणि तो निमीचा पुत्र होता.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis at the discourse (unspecified)
Scene: Sūta in Naimiṣāraṇya begins the genealogy: a luminous lineage-tree motif behind him; names ‘Sāṃkṛtya’, ‘Nimi’, ‘Prabhāva/Datta’ inscribed on leaves, indicating paramparā.
FAQs
Purāṇas preserve sacred memory through named lineages, linking holy-site service to venerable ṛṣi traditions.
The identification of Trijāta occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
None; it provides identity and lineage details.