Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु दिव्यरूपवपुर्धरा । मुनीनां पश्यतां चैव विनिष्क्रांता सुमध्यमा
etasminneva kāle tu divyarūpavapurdharā | munīnāṃ paśyatāṃ caiva viniṣkrāṃtā sumadhyamā
En cet instant même, une femme à la forme et au corps divins, à la taille fine, apparut au grand jour sous les yeux des munis.
Pulastya (contextual continuity in Adhyāya 16)
Type: kund
Scene: From the sacred water, a radiant, divine-looking woman rises—slender-waisted, luminous—while astonished sages look on; the eclipse light makes her glow stand out against the dim sky.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s sanctity is shown through visible transformation and auspicious manifestation—grace (anugraha) that can overturn prior conditions.
The Maṇikarṇikā kuṇḍa/tīrtha whose waters occasion the wondrous emergence.
No explicit prescription; the verse highlights the tīrtha’s miraculous efficacy associated with entering its waters.