Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
नारद उवाच । मया ज्ञातोऽसि वत्स त्वं याज्ञवल्क्यस्य रेतसा । दैवयोगात्समुत्पन्नो भगिन्या उदरे ह्यृतौ
nārada uvāca | mayā jñāto'si vatsa tvaṃ yājñavalkyasya retasā | daivayogātsamutpanno bhaginyā udare hyṛtau
那罗陀说道：“孩子啊，我已认出你——你由耶若那伐迦的精种而生。因天意的神妙会合，在适当的时节，你在他妹妹的胎中出现。”
Nārada
Listener: Pippalāda
Scene: Nārada addresses the youth affectionately as 'vat्सा', revealing his origin from Yājñavalkya’s seed and a divine circumstance involving the sister’s womb; the scene conveys compassionate disclosure and sacred genealogy.
FAQs
One’s birth and life-circumstances can unfold through daiva (divine ordering), calling for humility and dharmic living.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides biographical context within the larger tīrtha narrative.
None; the verse is explanatory (genealogical/narrative).
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