Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54
कथयामास यद्वृत्तं हनूमन्तेश्वरे नृप । कलापिनी ह्यहं तात युता भर्त्रावसं तदा
kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ hanūmanteśvare nṛpa | kalāpinī hyahaṃ tāta yutā bhartrāvasaṃ tadā
Ô roi, elle raconta alors ce qui s’était passé à Hanūmanteśvara : «Père bien-aimé, j’étais alors Kalāpinī, demeurant là avec mon époux».
Kanyā (princess) (speaking of a past-life identity)
Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa) addressed; within story, the father is addressed as ‘tāta’
Scene: The maiden begins her account, explicitly naming Hanūmanteśvara and revealing her former identity as Kalāpinī, speaking to her father in an intimate, confessional tone.
FAQs
Tirthas are portrayed as karmic crossroads—past deeds and relationships surface, guiding present dharma.
Hanūmanteśvara, explicitly named as the place where the decisive past event occurred.
Not directly in this verse; it introduces the backstory that explains why asthi-kṣepa is performed at Hanūmanteśvara.