Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
श्रीभगवानुवाच । शुकवज्जल्पते यस्मात्तवायं पुत्रको मुने । तस्माच्छुकोऽयं नाम्नास्तु योगविद्याविचक्षणः
śrībhagavānuvāca | śukavajjalpate yasmāttavāyaṃ putrako mune | tasmācchuko'yaṃ nāmnāstu yogavidyāvicakṣaṇaḥ
श्रीभगवानुवाच। शुकवज्जल्पते यस्मात्तवायं पुत्रको मुने। तस्माच्छुकोऽयं नाम्नास्तु योगविद्याविचक्षणः॥
Śrī Bhagavān (Hṛṣīkeśa/Viṣṇu in this narrative)
Listener: muni (Vyāsa)
Scene: Bhagavān speaks, bestowing the name ‘Śuka’; the boy’s face is bright and composed, and the surrounding sages perceive his yogic discernment as a palpable aura.
FAQs
A name can signify inner nature and destiny; the Lord blesses the child as fit for yogic wisdom.
No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; it supports the narrative within the tīrtha-māhātmya framework.
Implied nāmakaraṇa (naming) by divine declaration, though no formal rite steps are detailed.
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