Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
अवध्यः सर्वलोकानां त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः । तस्य पुत्रो महातेजाः प्रह्लादो नाम नामतः
avadhyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ | tasya putro mahātejāḥ prahlādo nāma nāmataḥ
وہ تینوں لوکوں میں اس طرح مشہور تھا کہ سب مخلوقات کے لیے ناقابلِ قتل ہے۔ اس کا بیٹا عظیم نور و جلال والا، نام سے پرہلاد کہلاتا تھا۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kambukeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast tableau: Hiraṇyakaśipu proclaimed invincible across the three worlds, while the luminous child Prahlāda stands serene, embodying spiritual radiance.
FAQs
Worldly invincibility is contrasted with true ‘tejas’—the inner radiance associated with dharma and devotion, foreshadowed through Prahlāda.
Indirectly Kambukeśvara (the chapter’s focus), though this verse sets narrative genealogy rather than describing the site.
None.