Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
सद्यो मनुष्यतां प्राप्ताः पूर्वजातिस्मरास्तथा । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु व्याधास्ते समुपागताः
sadyo manuṣyatāṃ prāptāḥ pūrvajātismarāstathā | etasminneva kāle tu vyādhāste samupāgatāḥ
ಕ್ಷಣಮಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲೇ ಅವರು ಮಾನವತ್ವವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದರು; ಪೂರ್ವಜನ್ಮಸ್ಮೃತಿಯೂ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಉಂಟಾಯಿತು. ಅದೇ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಬೇಟೆಗಾರರೂ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದರು.
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Unnamed jalāśraya-tīrtha in Arbuda narrative
Type: kund
Listener: Bhūpati/Nṛpa (king)
Scene: A herd of deer at a waterside tīrtha suddenly transforms into human beings; their faces show astonishment and recognition, as if remembering former lives, while hunters approach in the background.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s power is portrayed as immediate and profound—transforming birth-status and awakening karmic memory.
Mānuṣa Hrada, whose waters cause instant transformation.
Implied contact with/bathing in the tīrtha waters as the catalyst.