Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
स पाञ्चवार्षिको भूत्वा बाल एव गुणान्वितः । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य ज्ञानी तत्र समागतः
sa pāñcavārṣiko bhūtvā bāla eva guṇānvitaḥ | kasyacittvatha kālasya jñānī tatra samāgataḥ
កុមារនោះមានអាយុត្រឹមប្រាំឆ្នាំប៉ុណ្ណោះ ប៉ុន្តែមានគុណធម៌ពេញលេញ។ ក្រោយពេលមួយរយៈ មានអ្នកដឹងពិត (ជ្ញានី) មកដល់ទីនោះ។
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A five-year-old boy with luminous composure in an āśrama setting; a traveling jñānī arrives—staff, waterpot, calm gaze—creating a moment of auspicious recognition.
FAQs
Virtue can manifest even in early life, and the arrival of a jñānī signals that dharma and destiny are about to be revealed.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), a famed sacred region associated with pilgrimage merit.
None in this verse; it sets the narrative context for later dharmic actions.