Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य मत्कारपुरे द्विजाः । मौद्गल्यान्वयसंभूतो देवरातोऽभवद्द्विजः
kasyacittvatha kālasya matkārapure dvijāḥ | maudgalyānvayasaṃbhūto devarāto'bhavaddvijaḥ
ครั้นล่วงกาลไปบ้าง ณ นครชื่อมัตการปุระ มีทวิชะผู้หนึ่งนามว่าเทวราตะ บังเกิดในวงศ์มุทคัลยะ
Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed collectively in the narration)
Scene: A quiet city-scape of Matkārapura with a learned brāhmaṇa Devarāta introduced—scholarly demeanor, sacred thread, palm-leaf manuscripts, household shrine.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives ground spiritual teaching in identifiable lineages and locales, showing how dharma unfolds in specific communities.
The verse situates the story in Matkārapura, within the larger Nāgatīrtha-focused section of the Tīrthamāhātmya.
None directly; this verse introduces a character (Devarāta) and his lineage.