Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
या सुमध्या पृथुश्रोणी प्रतिमा काञ्चनी यथा । प्राप्तेयं देवकन्या वा दृष्ट्वा तां मेनिरे जनाः
yā sumadhyā pṛthuśroṇī pratimā kāñcanī yathā | prāpteyaṃ devakanyā vā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ menire janāḥ
তিনি সুমধ্যা ও প্রশস্ত নিতম্বা, যেন স্বর্ণমূর্তির মতো দীপ্তিময়। তাঁকে দেখে লোকেরা ভাবল—“এ কি কোনো দেবকন্যা এখানে এসে উপস্থিত হয়েছে?”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the sacred precincts of Prabhāsa, townsfolk pause as a radiant, slim-waisted, broad-hipped maiden passes; her complexion gleams like a golden icon, prompting whispers that a devakanyā has descended.
FAQs
A life shaped by sacred merit (puṇya) and divine favor radiates auspicious qualities recognized even by ordinary observers.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Sāvitrī-sthala is praised implicitly through the extraordinary outcome of its vow and worship.
None in this verse; it continues the narrative description following the tīrtha-vrata boon.
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