Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
तथा च मागधो जज्ञे वैश्येन द्विजसंभवे । क्षेत्रे मागधवीर्येण बुरुडो मरुदुत्तम
tathā ca māgadho jajñe vaiśyena dvijasaṃbhave | kṣetre māgadhavīryeṇa buruḍo maruduttama
Do mesmo modo, o Māgadha nasceu de um vaiśya em uma linhagem de duas-vezes-nascidos (dvija). E, no “kṣetra”, pela semente do Māgadha, surgiu o Buruḍa—ó chefe dos Marut (Indra).
Bṛhaspati
Listener: Indra
Scene: Bṛhaspati gestures to a seed-and-field emblem: a small sprout emerging from furrowed ground, symbolizing vīrya in kṣetra; two figures labeled Māgadha and Buruḍa appear as schematic icons; Indra (Marut-chief) listens.
FAQs
It continues a traditional explanatory chain of origins, preserving old ethnonyms and social terms used in Purāṇic discourse.
None; the verse is not tīrtha-specific in isolation.
None; it is genealogical.
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