Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
चापबाणधराः सर्वे यथा वै यमकिंकराः । पप्रच्छुश्च मृगान्भूप मानुषत्वमुपागतान्
cāpabāṇadharāḥ sarve yathā vai yamakiṃkarāḥ | papracchuśca mṛgānbhūpa mānuṣatvamupāgatān
वे सब धनुष-बाण धारण किए हुए, मानो यम के दूत हों। हे राजन्, उन्होंने मनुष्यत्व को प्राप्त उन मृगों से प्रश्न किया।
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Unnamed jalāśraya-tīrtha in Arbuda narrative
Type: kund
Listener: Bhūpati/Nṛpa (king)
Scene: Hunters with bows and arrows, stern and dust-covered, arrive like Yama’s attendants; they confront newly human figures who were moments ago deer.
FAQs
Worldly violence is contrasted with tīrtha-grace: the hunters’ dread imagery heightens the lake’s saving power.
Mānuṣa Hrada (context), where the transformation occurred.
None directly; it introduces inquiry that leads to the tīrtha’s praise.