Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
अथारिष्टानि वक्ष्यामि पुरीं द्वारवतीं प्रति । काली स्त्री पांडुरैर्दंतैः प्रविश्य नगरीं निशि
athāriṣṭāni vakṣyāmi purīṃ dvāravatīṃ prati | kālī strī pāṃḍurairdaṃtaiḥ praviśya nagarīṃ niśi
ഇപ്പോൾ ദ്വാരവതീ നഗരത്തോടു ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട അరిష്ടലക്ഷണങ്ങൾ ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു—രാത്രിയിൽ പാണ്ഡുരദന്തങ്ങളുള്ള ഒരു കറുത്ത സ്ത്രീ നഗരത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു।
Sūta narrating
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (as omen-site) / Prabhāsa (as implied remedy)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varavarṇinī / audience
Scene: Night in Dvāravatī: a terrifying black woman with pale teeth enters through a city gate; lamps flicker, dogs howl, guards recoil, and shadows stretch along palace walls—an unmistakable omen.
FAQs
Ariṣṭas warn communities to awaken from pride and seek refuge in dharma—especially through tīrtha and purification.
Dvāravatī is the setting of the omen; the māhātmya’s redemptive focus remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None in this verse; it begins a catalogue of portents that justify later śānti and pilgrimage.