Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
स विप्रः कर्मणा नीतो दशार्णधरणीपतेः । वज्रबाहुकुटुंबिन्याः सुमत्या गर्भमास्थितः
sa vipraḥ karmaṇā nīto daśārṇadharaṇīpateḥ | vajrabāhukuṭuṃbinyāḥ sumatyā garbhamāsthitaḥ
وہ برہمن اپنے کرم کے زور سے دشارنوں کی سرزمین کے راجہ کی طرف لے جایا گیا اور راجہ وجرباہو کے گھرانے کی سردار ملکہ سُمتی کے رحم میں جا ٹھہرا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Scene: A symbolic rebirth scene: the brāhmaṇa’s subtle body guided by karma toward a royal palace; Queen Sumatī depicted with auspicious pregnancy signs; King Vajrabāhu’s court in the background.
FAQs
Karma guides rebirth, determining place, family, and circumstances—even leading a brāhmaṇa into a royal womb.
No tīrtha is praised; the verse identifies the region of Daśārṇa as part of the narrative setting.
None; it is a karmic-rebirth description.