Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
पंचमी कपिला चापि सर्वाघौघविघट्टिनी । वात्सल्यदृष्ट्या भर्गस्य तासामूधांसि सुस्रुवुः
paṃcamī kapilā cāpi sarvāghaughavighaṭṭinī | vātsalyadṛṣṭyā bhargasya tāsāmūdhāṃsi susruvuḥ
അഞ്ചാമത്തിയായ കപിലയും—സകല പാപപ്രവാഹങ്ങളെയും തകർക്കുന്നവൾ—ഭർഗനെ വാത്സല്യദൃഷ്ടിയാൽ നോക്കിയ ഉടൻ അവരുടെ അകിടുകൾ പാൽ ഒഴുകിത്തുടങ്ങി.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kapilā, the tawny sacred cow, gazes with maternal tenderness upon Bharga (Śiva); instantly the udders of the cows overflow with milk—an auspicious, purifying miracle witnessed by the assembly.
FAQs
Compassion and purity (symbolized by the cow’s affection and milk) are presented as forces that dissolve accumulated sin in a sacred place.
The narrative is moving toward the manifestation of Kapilā-hrada/Kapilā tīrtha (named explicitly in later verses).
Not directly; the verse implies sanctification through divine milk, foreshadowing a bathing place (snāna-tīrtha).