Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । अदितेर्द्वादशादित्या जाताः शक्रपुरोगमाः । इन्द्रो धाता भगस्त्वष्टा मित्रोऽथ वरुणोऽर्यमा
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | aditerdvādaśādityā jātāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | indro dhātā bhagastvaṣṭā mitro'tha varuṇo'ryamā
马尔坎德耶说道：“由阿底提诞生十二位阿底提耶，以释迦（因陀罗）为首：因陀罗、达塔、婆伽、特瓦什特利、密多罗、伐楼那与阿利耶曼。”
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: A king (mahārāja)
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya begins a formal enumeration of the twelve Ādityas born of Aditi, naming Indra and other deities as a sacred list.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred history links divine lineages to holy places, showing how cosmic powers also seek sanctification through tīrthas.
Siddheśvara Tīrtha is the broader context; this verse begins the backstory by identifying the Ādityas.
None; it is a genealogical enumeration preparing for the account of their tapas.