Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
मृगयूथमनुप्राप्तं केन मार्गेण निर्गतम् । अथोचुस्ते वयं प्राप्ता मानुषं मृगरूपिणः
mṛgayūthamanuprāptaṃ kena mārgeṇa nirgatam | athocuste vayaṃ prāptā mānuṣaṃ mṛgarūpiṇaḥ
Mereka berkata, “Kawanan rusa yang kami kejar itu—melalui jalan mana ia keluar?” Lalu mereka menjawab, “Kami telah memperoleh kemanusiaan, meski sebelumnya berwujud rusa.”
Śiva (Īśvara) (narrating); quoted speech by the transformed beings
Tirtha: Kardamālā (Prabhāsa sub-tīrtha)
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: The newly human figures speak calmly to the hunters, confessing their former deer-form and their sudden attainment of humanity; the hunters listen, stunned.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity can reverse limitations of birth and embody the Purāṇic theme of sudden upliftment through sacred contact.
Kardamālā-tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.
None directly; the verse records testimony of transformation attributed to the tīrtha.
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