Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
इत्युक्ता तेन मुनिना पुनर्जातेव साप्सराः । महाप्रसाद इत्युक्त्वा मुनेः शुक्रमजीगिलत्
ityuktā tena muninā punarjāteva sāpsarāḥ | mahāprasāda ityuktvā muneḥ śukramajīgilat
So von jenem Weisen unterwiesen, fühlte sich die Apsarā wie neu geboren. Mit den Worten: „Dies ist große Gnade“, schluckte sie den Samen des Muni.
Skanda (narrator voice within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; specific direct speech not marked here)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇa audience (contextual)
Scene: A discreet, symbolic depiction: the apsaras, feeling renewed, receives the sage’s seed as ‘mahāprasāda’; the scene should be rendered with restraint—suggesting sacred transfer via a glowing essence rather than explicitness.
FAQs
It frames the event as ‘prasāda’—a grace-bearing turning point that leads to a destined, dharmic outcome.
No specific tīrtha is named; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa sacred-history setting.
None; it narrates a mythic conception motif rather than prescribing a practice.