Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
केनचित्त्वथ कालेन रावणो लोकरावणः । पुत्रं पुत्रवतां श्रेष्ठो जनयामास भारत
kenacittvatha kālena rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ | putraṃ putravatāṃ śreṣṭho janayāmāsa bhārata
Setelah beberapa waktu, Rāvaṇa yang masyhur di seluruh alam, wahai Bhārata, memperanakkan seorang putera, lalu menjadi yang terunggul dalam kalangan mereka yang berputera.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Time passes; a royal birth scene is implied—Rāvaṇa in regal setting receiving news of a son; attendants, auspicious symbols (kalasha, lamps), and celebratory music suggested.
FAQs
Purāṇas often frame lineage and birth as karmic unfolding within time, preparing the listener for later moral and theological consequences.
None in this verse; it continues the narrative leading toward the Revā/Narmadā-centered austerity episode.
No ritual prescription is stated; it is a genealogical narrative statement.