Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 8
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
पुलस्त्य उवाच एतत्ते कथयिष्यामि पार्वत्याः संभवं मुने शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा स्कन्दोत्पत्तिं च शाश्वतीम्
pulastya uvāca etatte kathayiṣyāmi pārvatyāḥ saṃbhavaṃ mune śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā skandotpattiṃ ca śāśvatīm
புலஸ்தியர் கூறினார்—முனிவரே, பார்வதியின் தோற்றத்தை உமக்கு நான் உரைப்பேன். கவனத்துடன் கேளும்; ஸ்கந்தனின் பிறப்பின் நித்திய வரலாறையும் (சொல்வேன்)।
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FAQs
The verse establishes śravaṇa (attentive listening) as the proper mode for receiving sacred history, implying that spiritual knowledge is transmitted through disciplined hearing and faithful narration.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of divine personages and their deeds), introducing a genealogical-mythic account centered on Pārvatī and Skanda rather than cosmogenesis.
By calling Skanda’s birth “śāśvatī,” the text frames the myth not as mere event-history but as an archetypal, ever-relevant pattern of divine manifestation and restoration of cosmic order.