Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
उत्पन्नाद्भुतरूपाढ्या नारी कमललोचना । कंबुग्रीवा सुकेशांता बिंबोष्ठी तनुमध्यमा
utpannādbhutarūpāḍhyā nārī kamalalocanā | kaṃbugrīvā sukeśāṃtā biṃboṣṭhī tanumadhyamā
അപ്പോൾ അത്ഭുതസൗന്ദര്യസമ്പന്നയായ ഒരു സ്ത്രീ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു—കമലനേത്രി, ശംഖസദൃശമായ കഴുത്തുള്ളവൾ, മനോഹരകേശിനി, ബിംബഫലസമമായ അധരങ്ങളുള്ളവൾ, സുന്ദരസൂക്ഷ്മമദ്ധ്യയുമായിരുന്നു।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing the origin narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wondrous woman manifests, described through classical alaṅkāra: lotus eyes, conch-like neck, glossy hair, bimba-red lips, slender waist—an emergence scene framed by sacred coastal Prabhāsa ambience.
FAQs
Purāṇic māhātmya often reveals sacred places through divine manifestations; beauty here signals auspiciousness and a theophany supporting dharma.
Indirectly, the Sarasvatī-bank tīrtha whose origin is being narrated; the manifested woman is part of that sacred origin account.
None in this verse; it is descriptive within the origin narrative.