Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
अमावास्यां विशेषेण त्रिनेत्रः स प्रजायताम् । एवं भविष्यतीत्युक्त्वा ह्यन्तर्धानं गतो हरः
amāvāsyāṃ viśeṣeṇa trinetraḥ sa prajāyatām | evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā hyantardhānaṃ gato haraḥ
വിശേഷിച്ച് അമാവാസി ദിനത്തിൽ ആ മനുഷ്യൻ ത്രിനേത്രനായി ജനിക്കട്ടെ. ‘ഇങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാകും’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് ഹരൻ അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു।
Narrator (reporting Śiva’s boon and departure)
Tirtha: Trinetra-kuṇḍa (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: Implied audience of sages/pilgrims within the narrative
Scene: Śiva pronounces the boon: on Amāvāsyā, the bather-donor will be born three-eyed; immediately after, Śiva fades into light and disappears (antardhāna), leaving sages and pilgrims awestruck by the pond.
FAQs
Sacred times amplify sacred acts; observance on Amāvāsyā at a tirtha is portrayed as especially potent.
The Prabhāsakṣetra kuṇḍa where snāna and dāna yield special fruit on Amāvāsyā.
Emphasis on Amāvāsyā observance in connection with the kuṇḍa’s rites (snāna and dāna from the preceding verse).