Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
स पाञ्चवार्षिको भूत्वा बाल एव गुणान्वितः । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य ज्ञानी तत्र समागतः
sa pāñcavārṣiko bhūtvā bāla eva guṇānvitaḥ | kasyacittvatha kālasya jñānī tatra samāgataḥ
Bien qu’il n’eût que cinq ans, l’enfant était déjà pourvu de belles qualités. Après quelque temps, un jñānī, connaisseur réalisé, arriva en ce lieu.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A five-year-old boy with luminous composure in an āśrama setting; a traveling jñānī arrives—staff, waterpot, calm gaze—creating a moment of auspicious recognition.
FAQs
Virtue can manifest even in early life, and the arrival of a jñānī signals that dharma and destiny are about to be revealed.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), a famed sacred region associated with pilgrimage merit.
None in this verse; it sets the narrative context for later dharmic actions.