Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
जायन्तो नाम शक्रोऽयं सांप्रतं वर्तते तु यः । वैवस्वतो मनुश्चैव अष्टाविंशत्प्रमाणकः
jāyanto nāma śakro'yaṃ sāṃprataṃ vartate tu yaḥ | vaivasvato manuścaiva aṣṭāviṃśatpramāṇakaḥ
جو اِندر اس وقت حاکم ہے اُس کا نام جاینْت ہے۔ اور ویوَسوت منو بھی منصب پر ہے—اس کی مقدار اس شمار میں اٹھائیسویں مانی گئی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Listener: dvijāḥ (and vocative framing toward cosmic authority)
Scene: A ‘present age’ marker: Indra Jāyanta in heaven with vajra; Vaivasvata Manu below on earth holding a staff and śāstra; a numbered band ‘28’ highlighted in a cosmic ledger motif.
FAQs
Even the highest divine posts have designated names and terms, emphasizing the disciplined order of creation under dharma.
Not specified in the verse; it functions as contextual teaching within Tīrthamāhātmya.
None in this verse.