Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
सद्यो मनुष्यतां प्राप्ताः पूर्वजातिस्मरास्तथा । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु व्याधास्ते समुपागताः
sadyo manuṣyatāṃ prāptāḥ pūrvajātismarāstathā | etasminneva kāle tu vyādhāste samupāgatāḥ
ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ അവർ മനുഷ്യരൂപം പ്രാപിച്ചു; മുൻജന്മസ്മരണയും അവർക്കുണ്ടായി. അതേ സമയത്ത് വേട്ടക്കാരും അവിടെ എത്തിച്ചേർന്നു.
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.