Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । अदितेर्द्वादशादित्या जाताः शक्रपुरोगमाः । इन्द्रो धाता भगस्त्वष्टा मित्रोऽथ वरुणोऽर्यमा
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | aditerdvādaśādityā jātāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | indro dhātā bhagastvaṣṭā mitro'tha varuṇo'ryamā
မာရ္ကဏ္ဍေယက မိန့်ကြားသည်– အဒိတိမှ အာဒိတျယ ဆယ့်နှစ်ပါး မွေးဖွားလာ၍၊ ရှက္ရ (အိန္ဒြ) ဦးဆောင်ကာ—အိန္ဒြ၊ ဓာတာ၊ ဘဂ၊ တ္ဝஷ္ဋೃ၊ မိတ္တရ၊ ဝရုဏ နှင့် အရျမန် တို့ဖြစ်သည်။
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: A king (mahārāja)
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya begins a formal enumeration of the twelve Ādityas born of Aditi, naming Indra and other deities as a sacred list.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred history links divine lineages to holy places, showing how cosmic powers also seek sanctification through tīrthas.
Siddheśvara Tīrtha is the broader context; this verse begins the backstory by identifying the Ādityas.
None; it is a genealogical enumeration preparing for the account of their tapas.