Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
अथ साऽपि दधे गर्भं मानुषं वै प्रभावतः । अमोघरेतसो मासे सुषुवे दशमे ततः
atha sā'pi dadhe garbhaṃ mānuṣaṃ vai prabhāvataḥ | amogharetaso māse suṣuve daśame tataḥ
Then she too, by that very potency, conceived a human embryo; and thereafter, in the tenth month, she gave birth—for the seed’s power was unfailing.
Narrator (Brāhmaṇa Vatsa)
Tirtha: Devarātāśrama-jala (as indicated)
Type: kund
Scene: A serene sacred pool near a forest hermitage; an unseen potency descends like light into the waters, signifying conception and the certainty of fruition over ten months.
FAQs
The Purāṇa portrays certain events as governed by prabhāva (extraordinary potency), showing how destiny and spiritual forces operate through the world.
The verse continues the waterside forest episode; the tīrtha’s explicit identification is not contained in this single śloka.
None; it is a narrative statement about conception and birth.
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