Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
जनितव्या सुकन्यैका सुरकार्यार्थसिद्धये । देवानां च ऋषीणां च तथैव च तपस्विनाम्
janitavyā sukanyaikā surakāryārthasiddhaye | devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tathaiva ca tapasvinām
เพื่อให้กิจของเหล่าเทพสำเร็จ จำต้องมีธิดาผู้ทรงคุณธรรมบังเกิดหนึ่งองค์ ทั้งเพื่อประโยชน์แห่งเทวะ ฤๅษี และบรรดาผู้บำเพ็ญตบะด้วย
Himālaya (speaking to Menā), narrated by Sūta
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Kedārakhaṇḍa frame
Scene: Himālaya articulates the necessity of a virtuous daughter for the success of divine work benefiting devas, sages, and ascetics; visual emphasis on three groups witnessing/being implied.
FAQs
The birth and upbringing of a virtuous child can be an offering to dharma, supporting sages, ascetics, and the divine order.
Not explicit; the verse belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, which broadly glorifies the Kedāra-Himālaya sacred realm.
None directly; it frames childbirth as a dharmic necessity tied to a larger sacred purpose.