Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
देव्युवाच । किमर्थं स पुरा दग्धः कामदेवस्त्वया विभो । कथमाप पुनर्जन्म विस्तरात्कथयस्व मे
devyuvāca | kimarthaṃ sa purā dagdhaḥ kāmadevastvayā vibho | kathamāpa punarjanma vistarātkathayasva me
ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ വിഭോ! പൂർവ്വകാലത്ത് നിങ്ങൾ കാമദേവനെ എന്തുകൊണ്ട് ദഹിപ്പിച്ചു? അവൻ പുനർജന്മം എങ്ങനെ നേടി? വിശദമായി പറയുക।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī respectfully questions Śiva about the reason for Kāma’s burning and the manner of his rebirth, requesting a detailed account.
FAQs
Scriptural dialogue models dharmic inquiry: sincere questions open the way to understanding sacred history and tīrtha greatness.
The question occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya framework that will connect Kāma’s story to a local deity/tīrtha.
None; it is a request for detailed narration (vistarāt).