Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
अथ रात्र्यां व्यतीतायामुदिते सूर्यमण्डले । वक्त्रे तां गुटिकां कृत्वा स पुष्पस्तादृशोऽभवत्
atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāmudite sūryamaṇḍale | vaktre tāṃ guṭikāṃ kṛtvā sa puṣpastādṛśo'bhavat
Puis, la nuit passée et le disque du soleil s’étant levé, l’ayant faite en une petite boulette et l’ayant placée dans sa bouche, Puṣpa devint tel qu’il était (en cet état transformé).
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn, Puṣpa compresses ‘her’ into a small pellet, places it in his mouth, and becomes transformed—an uncanny, symbolic ingestion/metamorphosis scene under the rising sun.
FAQs
It depicts the strange consequences of desire and deception—Purāṇic narratives often use such motifs to steer the listener toward repentance and dharmic correction.
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