Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
आजगाम मृगो वृद्धस्तं देशमन्ध दृक्प्रिये । स पपात महागर्ते अगाधे जलवर्जिते
ājagāma mṛgo vṛddhastaṃ deśamandha dṛkpriye | sa papāta mahāgarte agādhe jalavarjite
Wahai kekasih yang penglihatannya redup, seekor rusa tua datang ke tempat itu. Ia terjatuh ke dalam lubang besar yang amat dalam dan tanpa air.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual; specific water-body implied later)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A frail, aged deer wanders into a desolate sacred landscape and slips into a vast, dry, dark pit—its body half-visible against earthen walls, evoking helplessness within a tīrtha’s hidden power.
FAQs
A tīrtha narrative often begins with suffering that becomes the occasion for grace and sacred transformation.
The locale of the famed well/pit near the Devikā riverbank in Prabhāsakṣetra.
None; this verse introduces the incident that leads to the tīrtha’s miraculous water.