Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्य पुत्रद्वयं जज्ञे सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम् । देवापिः प्रथमस्तत्र द्वितीयः शंतनुर्द्विजाः
tasya putradvayaṃ jajñe sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam | devāpiḥ prathamastatra dvitīyaḥ śaṃtanurdvijāḥ
اُس کے دو بیٹے پیدا ہوئے، ہر طرح کی مبارک علامتوں سے مزین۔ پہلا دیواپی تھا اور دوسرا، اے دو بار جنم لینے والو، شنتنو تھا۔
Sūta (narrator)
Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: A courtly scene of Pratīpa’s household: two radiant princes, Devāpi and Śaṃtanu, presented with auspicious marks while sages and ministers look on.
FAQs
Purāṇas link sacred geography with dharmic lineages, showing how the lives of righteous kings become vehicles for tīrtha-glory.
No site is named in this verse; it continues the narrative framework leading toward Agnitīrtha’s account.
None in this verse.