Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77
वेदव्यासस्ततो जज्ञे जातूकर्ण्यपुरःसरः । तत्रैव नवमो विष्णुरदितेः कश्यपात्मजः
vedavyāsastato jajñe jātūkarṇyapuraḥsaraḥ | tatraiva navamo viṣṇuraditeḥ kaśyapātmajaḥ
Rồi Vedavyāsa ra đời, với Jātūkarṇya đứng ở hàng đầu. Ngay tại đó, hóa hiện thứ chín của Viṣṇu cũng giáng sinh làm con của Aditi—tức con trai của Kāśyapa.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene scholarly birth/appearance scene: Vedavyāsa with matted hair and manuscript, Jātūkarṇya as the prominent rishi in attendance; a subtle divine figure indicating Viṣṇu’s ninth manifestation ‘there itself’, with Aditi and Kaśyapa suggested as archetypal parents in the cosmic background.
FAQs
Sacred history links sages and divine descents, showing that revelation (Vyāsa) and protection (Viṣṇu) arise together for dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the frame of reference, though the verse itself is genealogical.
None in this verse.