Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
सूत उवाच । तस्य पुत्रः समुत्पन्नः पांडोः क्षेत्रे महीतले । युधिष्ठिर इति ख्यातः सर्वक्षत्रियपुंगवः
sūta uvāca | tasya putraḥ samutpannaḥ pāṃḍoḥ kṣetre mahītale | yudhiṣṭhira iti khyātaḥ sarvakṣatriyapuṃgavaḥ
सूत म्हणाला—त्याचा पुत्र पृथ्वीवर पांडूच्या क्षेत्रात (वंशात) उत्पन्न झाला; तो युधिष्ठिर या नावाने प्रसिद्ध झाला, सर्व क्षत्रियांमध्ये श्रेष्ठ होता.
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Sūta narrates as a visionary tableau appears: Yudhiṣṭhira, calm and regal, holding a staff or lotus, surrounded by symbols of justice; a subtle, dignified Yama/Dharma presence behind him indicating divine paternity.
FAQs
Dharma is embodied in exemplary rulers; Yudhiṣṭhira is presented as a human manifestation of Yama’s righteous order.
None explicitly; the verse connects tīrthamāhātmya narration with Mahābhārata lineage.
None in this verse.