Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
अजपालो नृपश्रेष्ठः सूर्यवंशसमुद्भवः । सप्तद्वीपवतीं पृथ्वीं स पाति नात्र संशयः
ajapālo nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ | saptadvīpavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ sa pāti nātra saṃśayaḥ
ଅଜପାଳ ନାମକ ନୃପଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ସୂର୍ୟବଂଶଜ; ସେ ସପ୍ତଦ୍ୱୀପବତୀ ପୃଥିବୀକୁ ପାଳନ-ଶାସନ କରେ—ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan
Scene: A majestic Sūryavaṃśa king Ajapāla is introduced—crowned, radiant, yet placed within a sacred narrative landscape of Arbuda.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often frame dharma through exemplary rulers, linking righteous kingship with cosmic order.
The verse introduces a royal itihāsa connected to Arbuda’s sacred narrative cycle, preparing the setting for tīrtha glorification.
None explicitly; it functions as narrative setup establishing the protagonist and his stature.