Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
ऋषय ऊचुः । यदेतद्भवता प्रोक्तं पुत्रो मानुषविग्रहः । भविष्यति यमस्यात्र कः संभूतः स सूतज
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ putro mānuṣavigrahaḥ | bhaviṣyati yamasyātra kaḥ saṃbhūtaḥ sa sūtaja
Para resi berkata: “Apa yang telah engkau nyatakan—bahawa di sini Yama akan mempunyai seorang putera dalam wujud manusia—siapakah dia yang lahir sebagai putera-Nya itu, wahai putera Sūta?”
Ṛṣis (sages)
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Forest hermitage assembly: sages seated in a semicircle, addressing Sūta with curiosity; palm-leaf manuscripts, sacrificial fire nearby; the question about Yama’s human son hangs as a narrative suspense.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching often clarifies dharma through incarnational narratives, linking cosmic principles (Yama) to human exemplars.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces a lineage narrative within the tīrthamāhātmya framework.
None; it is a question initiating the next explanation.