Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा गुटिकां पुष्प समादाय मुखान्ततः । दधार तादृशं रूपं यादृग्दृष्टं पुरा तया
sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā guṭikāṃ puṣpa samādāya mukhāntataḥ | dadhāra tādṛśaṃ rūpaṃ yādṛgdṛṣṭaṃ purā tayā
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അതു കേട്ട് അവൻ പുഷ്പസദൃശമായ ഗുടിക എടുത്ത് വായിൽ വെച്ചു; പിന്നെ അവൾ മുമ്പ് കണ്ടതുപോലെ അതേ രൂപം അവൻ ധരിച്ചു।
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Purāṇic frame; not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A man, after hearing instructions, places a small flower-like pellet (gutikā) into his mouth; instantly his body and face shift into a previously seen, desired form—onlookers stunned.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often show that forms can be assumed through divine or occult means—yet the higher aim remains discernment and dharmic choice.
No site is named in this verse; it continues the miraculous narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No formal rite; it mentions the use of a guṭikā (pellet) as a means for assuming a particular form.
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