Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
अगस्त्य उवाच । जीर्णं तोयं मया देवास्तथैवामेध्यतां गतम् । उत्पत्स्यति रघूणां हि कुले नृपतिसत्तमः
agastya uvāca | jīrṇaṃ toyaṃ mayā devāstathaivāmedhyatāṃ gatam | utpatsyati raghūṇāṃ hi kule nṛpatisattamaḥ
অগস্ত্য বললেন— “হে দেবগণ, আমি সেই জল পান করে হজম করেছি; তা অশুচি-সদৃশ হয়ে গেছে, তাই ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া যায় না। তবে রঘুবংশে এক শ্রেষ্ঠ রাজা জন্ম নেবে।”
Agastya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Agastya, composed and authoritative, explains that the ocean-water has been consumed and cannot be returned; he utters a prophecy about a future king in Raghu’s line.
FAQs
Dharma includes discernment about purity and proper restoration; solutions arise through divinely-timed righteous rulers.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the ocean’s fate is linked to a future sacred intervention (Gaṅgā’s descent).
No direct rite; the verse discusses ritual-ethical purity (amedhya) as a reason the water is not returned.