Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
कौशल्यानाम विख्याता तस्य भार्या सुशोभना । ज्येष्ठा तस्यां सुतो जज्ञे रामाख्यः प्रथमः सुतः
kauśalyānāma vikhyātā tasya bhāryā suśobhanā | jyeṣṭhā tasyāṃ suto jajñe rāmākhyaḥ prathamaḥ sutaḥ
اُس کی سب سے بڑی اور نہایت درخشاں ملکہ، جو کوشلیا کے نام سے مشہور تھی، اسی سے پہلا بیٹا پیدا ہوا، جس کا نام رام رکھا گیا۔
Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)
Scene: Royal palace of Ayodhyā; Kauśalyā radiant, attendants bearing auspicious lamps; infant Rāma presented as the firstborn; court priests and maṅgala-vādya implied.
FAQs
Dharmic kingship and divine order are shown as supported by tīrtha-merit, culminating in the birth of exemplary rulers.
The tīrtha praised earlier in Adhyāya 98; this verse transitions into the resulting royal genealogy.
None in this verse; it records the birth and naming of Rāma.