Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
जृंभः षष्ठोनुजस्तेषां स्मृताः प्रह्रादसूनवः । शुंभश्चैव निशुंभश्च गवेष्ठिनः सुतौ स्मृतौ
jṛṃbhaḥ ṣaṣṭhonujasteṣāṃ smṛtāḥ prahrādasūnavaḥ | śuṃbhaścaiva niśuṃbhaśca gaveṣṭhinaḥ sutau smṛtau
جِرَمبھ اُن میں چھٹا چھوٹا بھائی یاد کیا جاتا ہے؛ وہ سب پرہلاد کے بیٹے کہے جاتے ہیں۔ اور شُمبھ اور نِشُمبھ کو گویشٹھی کے بیٹے مانا گیا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ‘genealogy tableau’: Prahlāda as ancestral figure in the background; in the foreground, asura brothers arrayed in ranks; Śuṃbha and Niśuṃbha highlighted as notable descendants.
FAQs
The verse stresses the Purāṇic view that tendencies—noble or destructive—continue through lineages, urging vigilance and discernment in the moral order (dharma).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred setting, though this particular verse is a lineage catalog rather than a tīrtha description.
No ritual instruction appears in this verse.