Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तस्या गर्भं समासाद्य मानुषत्वं समाचर । यदा पैतामहो यज्ञस्तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे भविष्यति
tasyā garbhaṃ samāsādya mānuṣatvaṃ samācara | yadā paitāmaho yajñastasminkṣetre bhaviṣyati
«Entre dans son sein et prends naissance humaine. Lorsque, dans ce kṣetra sacré, doit être accompli le sacrifice “Paitāmaha”, (alors l’événement destiné surviendra).»
Unspecified in snippet (directive speech; likely a divine instruction within the narrative)
Tirtha: Kṣetra of the Paitāmaha-yajña (unnamed here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A commanding voice instructs a destined being to enter Satyabhāmā’s womb and take human birth, timed to the future performance of a Paitāmaha sacrifice in the sacred field.
FAQs
It frames destiny and dharma through a sacred-kṣetra setting: divine purposes unfold through human birth at the time of a consecrated yajña.
A “kṣetra” is mentioned but not named in this verse; the broader chapter (Adhyāya 188) provides the site context.
It references the performance of a Paitāmaha-yajña (a Brahmā-associated sacrifice) as the key ritual occasion.