Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
अथ प्रार्थयतस्तस्य न्यपतत्पंचमं शिरः । खररूपं महादेवि तेन पापेन तत्क्षणात्
atha prārthayatastasya nyapatatpaṃcamaṃ śiraḥ | khararūpaṃ mahādevi tena pāpena tatkṣaṇāt
તે પ્રાર્થના કરતો હતો ત્યારે જ તેનું પાંચમું શિર પડી ગયું. હે મહાદેવી, તે પાપના કારણે તે ક્ષણમાત્રમાં ગર્દભરૂપ ધારણ કરી ગયું।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution; vocative “mahādevi” indicates the tale is framed as told to a goddess/listener in some recensions, but overall Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa is commonly Sūta-led)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the moment of pleading, Brahmā’s fifth head drops off; it becomes donkey-formed—an instantaneous, humiliating transformation marking sin’s consequence.
FAQs
Transgression yields immediate karmic consequence; Purāṇic dharma stresses accountability even for cosmic deities.
The narrative is moving toward Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the expiation is accomplished.
None here; it describes the consequence that motivates later snāna and liṅga स्थापना.
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