Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
यथा खखोल्क इत्याख्या तस्यादित्यस्य तच्छृणु । पुरा कद्रूश्च विनता दक्षस्य तनये शुभे
yathā khakholka ityākhyā tasyādityasya tacchṛṇu | purā kadrūśca vinatā dakṣasya tanaye śubhe
سنو کہ وہ آدتیہ ‘کھکھولک’ کے نام سے کیسے مشہور ہوا۔ قدیم زمانے میں دکش کی مبارک بیٹیاں، کدرو اور وِنَتا، اس بیان میں آتی ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative mode)
Scene: A purāṇic narrator in Kāśī begins an origin-story: the radiant Āditya ‘Khakholka’ is invoked; in the background appear Dakṣa’s daughters Kadrū and Vinatā as auspicious figures, foreshadowing their rivalry.
FAQs
Sacred teaching is often introduced through ancient exemplars; listening (śravaṇa) to Purāṇic accounts is itself a dharmic act.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework (Kāśī/Varanasi), though this line itself begins a genealogical narrative rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
None is stated in this verse.