Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
अथ तस्याः पतिः प्राप्तस्तदन्वेषणतत्परः । पप्रच्छ तां वरारोहां पत्न्या दुःखेन दुःखितः
atha tasyāḥ patiḥ prāptastadanveṣaṇatatparaḥ | papraccha tāṃ varārohāṃ patnyā duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ
Entonces llegó su esposo, empeñado en buscarla; afligido por el sufrimiento de su esposa, interrogó a aquella mujer de porte noble.
Pulastya (contextual continuity in Adhyāya 16)
Scene: A worried Kirāta husband arrives at the water’s edge, scanning the crowd; he sees a radiant noble-looking woman and questions her urgently, holding concern in his posture.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha accounts integrate human sorrow with divine resolution, showing how dharma and sacred space respond to distress.
The ongoing Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha setting where the transformed woman is encountered.
None; it advances the tīrtha-legend that underpins the site’s māhātmya.