Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
सोऽपश्यद्वाजिनं तत्र सर्वश्वेतं गुणान्वितम् । तेनोक्तः स्पृश मे गुह्यं ततः कार्यं भविष्यति
so'paśyadvājinaṃ tatra sarvaśvetaṃ guṇānvitam | tenoktaḥ spṛśa me guhyaṃ tataḥ kāryaṃ bhaviṣyati
അവിടെ അവൻ സർവ്വശ്വേതവും ശുഭലക്ഷണഗുണസമ്പന്നവുമായ ഒരു അശ്വത്തെ കണ്ടു. അത് പറഞ്ഞു—“എന്റെ ഗുഹ്യാംഗം സ്പർശിക്ക; അപ്പോൾ നിന്റെ കാര്യം സിദ്ധിക്കും.”
Narrator (contextual; later marked as Vasiṣṭha in this adhyāya)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within the Purāṇic dialogue (implied)
Scene: In a forested mountain setting, Uttaṅka beholds a radiant, wholly white horse with auspicious marks; the horse speaks enigmatically, instructing him to touch a concealed spot, hinting at a divine identity beneath the form.
FAQs
In moments of confusion, dharma is advanced by heeding divine guidance that appears in unexpected forms.
No specific earthly tīrtha is praised; the scene occurs in Pātāla within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative.
None; the instruction is a narrative device (touching the horse’s ‘secret part’) to activate the next event.