Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
ततो देवी यथाकाममकस्माद्वीक्षते हि सा । स्वोदरस्थं समुत्पन्नं गर्भं गुरुभरालसा
tato devī yathākāmamakasmādvīkṣate hi sā | svodarasthaṃ samutpannaṃ garbhaṃ gurubharālasā
Da blickte die Dame, wie es ihr beliebte, plötzlich hin und sah, dass in ihrem eigenen Schoß eine Schwangerschaft entstanden war; von der Schwere der Last bedrückt, wurde sie matt und kraftlos.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the water’s edge, Subhadrā suddenly realizes she is pregnant; her posture shifts to heaviness and languor, hands near the abdomen, face showing astonishment and distress; the environment remains serene, heightening the uncanny contrast.
FAQs
Purāṇas dramatize how actions and conditions can swiftly bear fruit, teaching accountability and the subtle operation of karma within dharmic order.
The narrative operates under the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya umbrella, implying that events in sacred geography unfold with heightened spiritual intensity.
None in this verse; it reports an unexpected bodily consequence following the bathing episode.