Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
यावदुत्संगगं कृत्वा शिरोस्य तु महीतले । तावद्ददर्श सावित्री पुरुषं कृष्णपिंगलम्
yāvadutsaṃgagaṃ kṛtvā śirosya tu mahītale | tāvaddadarśa sāvitrī puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgalam
যেইমাত্র সে মাটির উপর নিজের কোলের মধ্যে তার মাথা রাখল, তৎক্ষণাৎ সাবিত্রী কৃষ্ণ-পিঙ্গল বর্ণের এক পুরুষকে দেখল।
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: As Sāvitrī settles the man’s head on her lap upon the earth, she suddenly sees a dark-and-tawny figure appear—an uncanny, liminal presence interrupting intimacy.
FAQs
Dharma reveals itself at the crucial moment—Sāvitrī’s attentive care coincides with the direct manifestation of the lord who enforces cosmic order.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching sacred geography; this verse is a narrative scene within that Māhātmya rather than a separate tīrtha description.
None; the verse describes an encounter and vision.
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