Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
तवोदकात्समुत्तस्थौ नार्येका गह्वरोदरा । कृष्णा करालवदना पिंगाक्षी मुक्तमूर्धजा
tavodakātsamuttasthau nāryekā gahvarodarā | kṛṣṇā karālavadanā piṃgākṣī muktamūrdhajā
നിന്റെ ഉദകത്തിൽ (രസത്തിൽ) നിന്നു ഒരു സ്ത്രീ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു—ഗഹ്വരോദര; കൃഷ്ണവർണ്ണ, കരാളമുഖി, പിംഗാക്ഷി, മുക്തമൂർധജ (അഴിച്ചിട്ട മുടിയുള്ളവൾ)।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī addressed; frame-listener likely a sage/audience
Scene: From the Devī’s fluid arises a single woman—black, tawny-eyed, with a terrifying face and loose hair—her body deep-bellied, appearing abruptly like a storm-form in a sanctified space.
FAQs
The Purāṇas depict Śakti manifesting in many forms—gentle and fierce—according to cosmic need and divine purpose.
The narrative belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya; this verse describes a mythic manifestation within that context.
None; the verse is iconographic and narrative.