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
நாரதர் கூறினார்—குழந்தையே, உன்னை நான் அறிந்தேன்; நீ யாஜ்ஞவல்க்யரின் விதையால் பிறந்தவன். தெய்வச் சேர்க்கையால், உரிய காலத்தில், அவருடைய சகோதரியின் கருவில் நீ தோன்றினாய்.
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).