Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
कलिंगराजतनया त्वं मे पत्नी भविष्यसि । चतुर्थे तु भविष्यामि भवे गांधारभूमिपः
kaliṃgarājatanayā tvaṃ me patnī bhaviṣyasi | caturthe tu bhaviṣyāmi bhave gāṃdhārabhūmipaḥ
ତୁମେ କଲିଙ୍ଗରାଜଙ୍କ କନ୍ୟା ହୋଇ ମୋର ପତ୍ନୀ ହେବ। ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଜନ୍ମରେ ମୁଁ ଗାନ୍ଧାର ଭୂମିର ଅଧିପତି ହେବି।
King (Rājā)
Tirtha: Kaliṅga; Gāndhāra (regional kṣetras)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A prophetic sequence: the destined wife appears as a Kalinga princess; the speaker foresees himself as Gandhara’s ruler in a later birth. Visual cues show eastern coastal lotuses and later northwest rugged hills/forts.
FAQs
Status and location shift with karma; the Purāṇa frames worldly power as transient within repeated births.
No holy site is praised in this verse; it references regions (Kaliṅga, Gāndhāra) in a destiny account.
None.