Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
सुरभिर्विनता चैव नाम्ना क्रोधवशा त्विला । कद्रूस्त्विषा वसुस्तद्वत्तासां पुत्रान्वदामि वै
surabhirvinatā caiva nāmnā krodhavaśā tvilā | kadrūstviṣā vasustadvattāsāṃ putrānvadāmi vai
اور سُرَبھی اور وِنَتا بھی؛ نیز کروधوَشا اور توِلا نام والی؛ اور کَدرو، توِشا اور وَسو بھی—میں یقیناً ان کے بیٹوں کا بیان کروں گا۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage-narrator calmly enumerates Dakṣa’s daughters—Surabhi, Vinatā, Krodhavaśā, Tvilā, Kadrū, Tviṣā, Vasu—preparing to describe their offspring; the setting subtly evokes Prabhāsa’s sacred shore.
FAQs
Cosmic diversity is traced to sacred maternity—Purāṇic teaching links origins to responsibility and order.
The discourse remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse continues a genealogy list rather than describing a site.
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