Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
न खल्वयमृतोंऽडस्थ इति स्नेहादभाषत । तदा प्रभृति लोकेयं मार्तंड इति चोच्यते
na khalvayamṛtoṃ'ḍastha iti snehādabhāṣata | tadā prabhṛti lokeyaṃ mārtaṃḍa iti cocyate
ด้วยความรักนางกล่าวว่า “แท้จริงเขามิได้ตายอยู่ภายในไข่” นับแต่นั้นมา ในโลกนี้เขาจึงเป็นที่รู้จักในนาม “มารตัณฑะ”
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda to Agastya)
Scene: A motherly figure speaks with tender certainty toward a luminous egg (a cosmic hiraṇyāṇḍa motif), while a faint solar glow begins to emerge—signaling the naming of Mārtaṇḍa.
FAQs
Affection and right perception transform fear into auspicious naming; divine realities are affirmed through loving recognition.
The broader frame is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (glory of Kāśī), though this verse itself is a mythic-etiological aside rather than a direct tīrtha description.
None in this verse.