Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78
शकश्रृंगस्य वै राज्ञः सिंहलेष्वभवत्सुता । मुखं बर्करिकातुल्यं व्यक्तं तस्या व्यजायत
śakaśrṛṃgasya vai rājñaḥ siṃhaleṣvabhavatsutā | mukhaṃ barkarikātulyaṃ vyaktaṃ tasyā vyajāyata
সিংহলে রাজা শকশৃঙ্গের ঘরে এক কন্যা জন্মাল; আর তার মুখ স্পষ্টই বর্করী (ছাগী)-সদৃশ হয়ে প্রকাশ পেল।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)
Scene: In an island palace of Siṃhala, King Śakaśṛṅga beholds his newborn daughter; she is otherwise divine and beautiful, yet her face bears a clear resemblance to a she-goat—an omen-like marvel that stuns the court.
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Karmic impressions can persist across births, even when a tīrtha grants transformation and renewed life.
Implicitly the Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama whose power caused the transformation leading to this rebirth narrative.
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