Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
नारद उवाच । मया ज्ञातोऽसि वत्स त्वं याज्ञवल्क्यस्य रेतसा । दैवयोगात्समुत्पन्नो भगिन्या उदरे ह्यृतौ
nārada uvāca | mayā jñāto'si vatsa tvaṃ yājñavalkyasya retasā | daivayogātsamutpanno bhaginyā udare hyṛtau
ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ବତ୍ସ, ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଚିହ୍ନିଲି; ତୁମେ ଯାଜ୍ଞବଲ୍କ୍ୟଙ୍କ ରେତସ୍ରୁ ଜନ୍ମିତ। ଦୈବଯୋଗରେ, ଋତୁକାଳେ, ତାଙ୍କ ଭଗିନୀର ଗର୍ଭରେ ତୁମର ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତି ହୋଇଛି।
Nārada
Listener: Pippalāda
Scene: Nārada addresses the youth affectionately as 'vat्सा', revealing his origin from Yājñavalkya’s seed and a divine circumstance involving the sister’s womb; the scene conveys compassionate disclosure and sacred genealogy.
FAQs
One’s birth and life-circumstances can unfold through daiva (divine ordering), calling for humility and dharmic living.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides biographical context within the larger tīrtha narrative.
None; the verse is explanatory (genealogical/narrative).