Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 8
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
पुलस्त्य उवाच एतत्ते कथयिष्यामि पार्वत्याः संभवं मुने शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा स्कन्दोत्पत्तिं च शाश्वतीम्
pulastya uvāca etatte kathayiṣyāmi pārvatyāḥ saṃbhavaṃ mune śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā skandotpattiṃ ca śāśvatīm
ပုလஸ္တျက ပြောသည်– «အို မုနိ၊ ပါဝတီ၏ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာပုံကို သင့်အား ငါ ပြောမည်။ သတိထား၍ နားထောင်လော့၊ ထို့ပြင် စကန္ဒ၏ မွေးဖွားခြင်းအကြောင်း အနန္တကာလတည်သော ကထာကိုလည်း (ငါ) ရှင်းပြမည်»
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FAQs
The verse establishes śravaṇa (attentive listening) as the proper mode for receiving sacred history, implying that spiritual knowledge is transmitted through disciplined hearing and faithful narration.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of divine personages and their deeds), introducing a genealogical-mythic account centered on Pārvatī and Skanda rather than cosmogenesis.
By calling Skanda’s birth “śāśvatī,” the text frames the myth not as mere event-history but as an archetypal, ever-relevant pattern of divine manifestation and restoration of cosmic order.