Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
अथासौ सह पुत्रेण प्रविष्टस्तत्र निर्झरे । विमुक्ते भास्करे राजन्विरूपश्चाभवत्पुनः
athāsau saha putreṇa praviṣṭastatra nirjhare | vimukte bhāskare rājanvirūpaścābhavatpunaḥ
പിന്നീട് അവൻ പുത്രനോടുകൂടെ ആ നിർഝരത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിച്ചു. എന്നാൽ ഹേ രാജൻ, സൂര്യപ്രഭാവം നീങ്ങിയതോടെ അവൻ വീണ്ടും വികൃതരൂപനായിത്തീർന്നു.
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller addressing a king)
Tirtha: Arbuda-niḥjhara/jalāśaya
Type: kund
Listener: King
Scene: The man and his son enter the cascading spring; light shifts as the sun’s influence is removed (cloud cover or sunset), and the man’s body reverts to deformity—wonder turning to dread.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often contrast temporary boons with lasting dharma; inner purity and right conduct are implied as essential for enduring uplift.
A nirjhara (waterfall/spring) tīrtha in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, central to the episode’s miraculous changes.
Entry into and bathing/immersion in the sacred waters is the operative ritual act in the story.