Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
पुरासीत्पार्थिवो ना्ना विख्यातो बलवर्धनः । समुद्रवलयामुर्वीं बुभुजे यो भुजार्जिताम्
purāsītpārthivo nā्nā vikhyāto balavardhanaḥ | samudravalayāmurvīṃ bubhuje yo bhujārjitām
قدیم زمانے میں بَلَوَردھن نام کا ایک نامور پارتھیو راجا تھا، جس نے اپنے بازوؤں کی قوت سے جیتی ہوئی، سمندر سے گھری ہوئی زمین پر راج و بھوگ کیا۔
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A powerful ancient king Balavardhana in royal attire, holding bow or mace, seated on a lion-throne; behind him a stylized map-like ocean-girdled earth, indicating chakravartin dominion.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha sections often ground sacred merit in exemplary histories, showing how rulers and households connect to holy places.
The verse begins a narrative that will serve the Puṣkara-region tīrtha discussion, but the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.
None; it introduces a historical narrative about a king.