Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
इक्ष्वाकोर्वसुषेणस्य ककुत्स्थस्य महात्मनः । ऐलस्य चन्द्रदेवस्य काशिराजस्य सन्मतेः
ikṣvākorvasuṣeṇasya kakutsthasya mahātmanaḥ | ailasya candradevasya kāśirājasya sanmateḥ
اسی طرح اِکشواکو، وسوشین، عظیم النفس ککُتستھ؛ اور اَیل، چندردیو، اور نیک رائے کاشی راج—ان کی مقدس یادگاریں بھی وہیں دھندلا کر اوجھل ہو گئیں۔
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ
Scene: A map-like montage: names of ancient founders (Ikṣvāku, Kakutstha, Aila, Candradeva, Kāśīrāja) hovering as translucent figures over a single sacred site—suggesting many epochs of worship now hidden beneath earth and time.
FAQs
Sacred geography is interwoven with dharmic lineages; remembering these names keeps the tradition of kṣetra-devotion alive.
Not a single named tīrtha here; it lists revered figures whose associated sacred establishments in the region became obscured.
None; it continues the enumerative description.