Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
साऽपि दिव्यवपुः पूर्वं श्यामा भूत्वा हराद्यतः
sā'pi divyavapuḥ pūrvaṃ śyāmā bhūtvā harādyataḥ
Elle aussi—au corps divin—devint d’abord śyāmā, d’une teinte sombre; puis, sous l’influence de Hara, elle fut transformée à partir de Lui.
Gālava
Tirtha: Haratīrtha (implied by subsequent verses)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A divine woman/being undergoes a visible transformation—first dark-hued—then altered by the influence of Hara; Śiva’s aura is the agent of change.
FAQs
Sacred places are portrayed as living presences; contact with the divine can alter even a ‘divine body,’ indicating intensified tīrtha-power.
The transformation motif supports the distinct identity of the site later named Hara-tīrtha.
No explicit prescription appears in this half-verse; it continues the etiological (origin) narrative.