Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
इत्युक्ता तेन मुनिना पुनर्जातेव साप्सराः । महाप्रसाद इत्युक्त्वा मुनेः शुक्रमजीगिलत्
ityuktā tena muninā punarjāteva sāpsarāḥ | mahāprasāda ityuktvā muneḥ śukramajīgilat
Demikian dinasihati oleh sang resi, apsaras itu seakan terlahir kembali. Sambil berkata, “Ini anugerah yang agung,” ia pun menelan śukra sang resi.
Skanda (narrator voice within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; specific direct speech not marked here)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇa audience (contextual)
Scene: A discreet, symbolic depiction: the apsaras, feeling renewed, receives the sage’s seed as ‘mahāprasāda’; the scene should be rendered with restraint—suggesting sacred transfer via a glowing essence rather than explicitness.
FAQs
It frames the event as ‘prasāda’—a grace-bearing turning point that leads to a destined, dharmic outcome.
No specific tīrtha is named; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa sacred-history setting.
None; it narrates a mythic conception motif rather than prescribing a practice.