Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
एवंविधं समालोक्य सा देवी ब्रह्मणः सुता । सरस्वती जलनिधिमुवाचेदं शुचिस्मिता
evaṃvidhaṃ samālokya sā devī brahmaṇaḥ sutā | sarasvatī jalanidhimuvācedaṃ śucismitā
Als die Göttin Sarasvatī, Brahmās Tochter, ihn in solcher Gestalt erblickte, lächelte sie in reiner Heiterkeit und sprach diese Worte zum Ozean, der Schatzkammer der Wasser.
Sarasvatī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: Sarasvatī, Brahmā’s daughter, smiles gently and begins to speak to the ocean—now a radiant, ornamented deity—on the luminous Prabhāsa shore.
FAQs
Dharma is advanced through right counsel and divine speech; Sarasvatī embodies sacred wisdom guiding cosmic order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as a place where Sarasvatī’s presence and instruction shape events.
None in this verse; it introduces Sarasvatī’s instruction that follows.