Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99
ततः पश्यामि चात्मानं सहसा बकरूपिणम् । बकत्वेऽपि न मे नष्टा या स्मृतिः पूर्वसंभवा
tataḥ paśyāmi cātmānaṃ sahasā bakarūpiṇam | bakatve'pi na me naṣṭā yā smṛtiḥ pūrvasaṃbhavā
তেতিয়া হঠাতে মই নিজকে বগলাৰ ৰূপত দেখিলোঁ। তথাপি বগলাৰ অৱস্থাতো মোৰ পূৰ্বজন্মজাত স্মৃতি নষ্ট নহ’ল।
Unspecified narrator (transformed disciple)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator-figure suddenly beholds his own body transformed into a crane, eyes wide with shock, yet with a human-like awareness lingering in the gaze; a liminal riverside/ghāṭa atmosphere suggests tīrtha proximity.
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Karmic consequences may change one’s condition, yet awareness of wrongdoing can remain—prompting remorse and eventual return to dharma.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse; it supports the Tīrthamāhātmya’s moral arc.
None in this shloka.
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