Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे धर्मः स्वयं तत्र समागतः । अब्रवीत्कपिलां हृष्टो वरं वरय शोभने
etasminnantare dharmaḥ svayaṃ tatra samāgataḥ | abravītkapilāṃ hṛṣṭo varaṃ varaya śobhane
ഇതിനിടയിൽ ധർമ്മൻ സ്വയം അവിടെ എത്തി; സന്തോഷത്തോടെ കപിലയോട്—ഹേ ശോഭനേ, വരം തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുക—എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.
Pulastya
Type: kund
Listener: Interlocutor within Arbuda narrative (unspecified)
Scene: From the luminous air near the kunda, Dharma personified appears—radiant, serene—addressing Kapilā with kindness, offering a boon; the atmosphere is auspicious and still.
FAQs
Dharma responds to purity and right conduct by personally bestowing grace and blessings.
The same newly manifested sacred water-site where Kapilā bathed, forming the setting for Kapilā-tīrtha’s glorification.
No explicit prescription here; the verse introduces boon-granting as part of the tīrtha’s sanctity.