Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्य पुत्रः शुनः पुत्रो बभूव मुनिसत्तमः । चारायणः सुतस्तस्य वभूव मुनिसत्तमः
tasya putraḥ śunaḥ putro babhūva munisattamaḥ | cārāyaṇaḥ sutastasya vabhūva munisattamaḥ
اس سے ایک بیٹا پیدا ہوا—شُن کا بیٹا—جو منیوں میں نہایت برگزیدہ رِشی بنا۔ اور اس کا بیٹا چارایَن بھی رِشیوں میں سرفہرست ہوا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A stylized genealogical tableau: Kṛti, his sage-son, and Cārāyaṇa presented as ascetics with jata, deer-skin, kamandalu, and rosaries—an emblem of continuity of tapas.
FAQs
It frames tīrtha-glory through sacred lineage, showing how dharma is preserved and transmitted by exemplary sages.
This verse sets up the chapter’s tīrtha narrative; the specific tīrtha is established in the surrounding verses of the Tīrthamāhātmya.
None in this verse; it is genealogical narration.