Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
अथान्यदिवसे बालो द्वादशार्कसमद्युतिः । संजज्ञे तेन वीर्येण द्विभुजैक मुखः शुभः
athānyadivase bālo dvādaśārkasamadyutiḥ | saṃjajñe tena vīryeṇa dvibhujaika mukhaḥ śubhaḥ
پھر ایک اور دن بارہ سورجوں جیسی روشنی والا بچہ پیدا ہوا؛ اسی الٰہی قوت کے سبب وہ مبارک صورت میں ظاہر ہوا—دو بازو اور ایک ہی چہرہ لیے ہوئے۔
Sūta (continuing narration from 71.1)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A newborn appears with overwhelming radiance like twelve suns—auspicious, two-armed, single-faced—divine potency embodied in a child within a sacred setting.
FAQs
Divine energy manifests in the world in forms suited to time and purpose, bringing auspiciousness and protection.
The birth occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative setting; the verse itself does not supply the place-name.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse.