Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
ततस्तस्यां सुता जज्ञे तस्मान्मदनरासभात् । वद सा तस्य भवति किं दौहित्री सुताऽथवा । एनं प्रश्नं मम ब्रूहि शीघ्रं चेच्छक्तिरस्ति ते
tatastasyāṃ sutā jajñe tasmānmadanarāsabhāt | vada sā tasya bhavati kiṃ dauhitrī sutā'thavā | enaṃ praśnaṃ mama brūhi śīghraṃ cecchaktirasti te
பின்னர் அந்த காமவெறியுடைய மனிதமிருகத்தால் அவளுக்கு ஒரு மகள் பிறந்தாள். சொல்லு: அவனுக்கு அவள் பேத்தியா, அல்லது மகளா? உனக்கு ஆற்றல் இருந்தால் இந்தக் கேள்விக்கு விரைவில் பதில் கூறு.
An inquirer within the narrative (listener addressing the narrator); exact identity not in excerpt
Scene: A narrator or questioner poses a sharp genealogical paradox: a child born from a man and his own daughter—Is she his daughter or granddaughter? The scene can show a sage-like figure questioning, with symbolic family-tree imagery tangled.
FAQs
Adharma creates confusion in lineage and social order; moral transgression collapses clear relational dharma.
No holy site is referenced; the verse frames a logical/ethical dilemma.
None; it is a question posed as a riddle about kinship.