Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
मदर्थं मानुषो भूत्वा तता त्वं चानया सह । सृज मां मानुषीं चेव येन गच्छामि नो भुवि
madarthaṃ mānuṣo bhūtvā tatā tvaṃ cānayā saha | sṛja māṃ mānuṣīṃ ceva yena gacchāmi no bhuvi
“মোৰ কাৰণে, হে পিতা, তুমি মানৱ-ৰূপ ধাৰণ কৰা; আৰু তুমিো এইজনীৰ সৈতে। মোকো মানৱী নাৰী ৰূপে জন্ম দিয়া, যাতে মই পৃথিৱীত গৈ বাস কৰিব পাৰোঁ।”
Caudumbarī (implied by prior verse: she entreats after Nārada’s curse)
Scene: A divine daughter petitions her father to assume human form and to beget her as a human woman, setting the stage for a sacred narrative tied to a tīrtha.
FAQs
Incarnation into human life is portrayed as a dharmic opportunity—undertaken to fulfill a destined purpose and attain resolution.
The verse serves the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya by explaining a mythic causality tied to the sacred region; it does not name a particular tirtha here.
None; it is a supplicatory request framing a transition into human existence.
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