Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
शुक्लया तस्य रूपं च तव नूनं भविष्यति । कृष्णयापि पुनः स्वं च संप्राप्स्यसि महाद्विज
śuklayā tasya rūpaṃ ca tava nūnaṃ bhaviṣyati | kṛṣṇayāpi punaḥ svaṃ ca saṃprāpsyasi mahādvija
白き丸により、汝は必ずや彼の姿となる。黒き丸によりては、偉大なる婆羅門よ、再び己が本来の姿を取り戻すであろう。
Bhāskara (continuing instruction)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādvija (recipient)
Scene: Close depiction of the two pellets’ effects: with the white pellet the devotee assumes another’s appearance; with the black pellet he returns to his own form, while Bhāskara instructs calmly.
FAQs
Power is paired with reversal/return—suggesting responsibility, limits, and the dharmic preference for restoration over permanent deception.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it elaborates the siddhi mechanism within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
Use the white pellet to assume another’s form and the black pellet to return to one’s own form.
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