Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
प्रभाते मूत्रमुत्सृष्टुं गतो देव वनांतरे । मूत्रांते पतितो भूमौ वीर्यबिंदुर्द्विजन्मनः
prabhāte mūtramutsṛṣṭuṃ gato deva vanāṃtare | mūtrāṃte patito bhūmau vīryabiṃdurdvijanmanaḥ
Pada waktu fajar, wahai Raja, sang suci itu pergi ke dalam rimba untuk buang air kecil. Pada akhir perbuatan itu, setetes benih sang dvija jatuh ke tanah.
Mṛgī (doe / woman born from a doe)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-kūla (narrative vicinity)
Type: river
Listener: Rājā
Scene: At dawn in a forest near the Ganga, sage Uddālaka steps aside for urination; a single drop of seed falls to the earth—shown discreetly as a glowing bindu touching ground, indicating subtle potency rather than explicitness.
FAQs
Purāṇas often show how even unintended acts can become karmic causes, unfolding later as destiny within a dharmic universe.
No distinct tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the backstory narrated within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya frame.
None; it is a narrative detail, not a ritual instruction.