Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89
तमात्तं विह्वलं दृष्ट्वा निषीदेत्यब्रुवन्किल । निषादो वंशकर्ता वै तेनाभूत्पृथुविक्रमः
tamāttaṃ vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣīdetyabruvankila | niṣādo vaṃśakartā vai tenābhūtpṛthuvikramaḥ
اُسے خوف زدہ اور لرزتا دیکھ کر اُنہوں نے کہا، “بیٹھ جاؤ”، ایسا روایت ہے۔ اسی سے وہ ‘نِشاد’ کے نام سے معروف ہوا، ایک نسل کا بانی؛ اور اسی نسل سے دلیر پرتھو پیدا ہوا۔
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A frightened figure is steadied by elders who gesture him to sit; the moment becomes an etiological naming scene, foreshadowing a heroic descendant.
FAQs
Dharma reconstitutes society through ordered lineages and righteous leadership; Pṛthu’s emergence signals restoration after Vena’s adharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra remains the overarching sacred locus; this genealogical account functions as part of its māhātmya narrative fabric.
None.