Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
मृगयूथमनुप्राप्तं केन मार्गेण निर्गतम् । अथोचुस्ते वयं प्राप्ता मानुषं मृगरूपिणः
mṛgayūthamanuprāptaṃ kena mārgeṇa nirgatam | athocuste vayaṃ prāptā mānuṣaṃ mṛgarūpiṇaḥ
“ഞങ്ങൾ പിന്തുടർന്ന മാൻകൂട്ടം ഏത് വഴിയിലൂടെ പുറത്തുവന്നു?” അപ്പോൾ അവർ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഞങ്ങൾ മാൻരൂപികളായിരുന്നിട്ടും മനുഷ്യാവസ്ഥ പ്രാപിച്ചു।”
Śiva (Īśvara) (narrating); quoted speech by the transformed beings
Tirtha: Kardamālā (Prabhāsa sub-tīrtha)
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: The newly human figures speak calmly to the hunters, confessing their former deer-form and their sudden attainment of humanity; the hunters listen, stunned.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity can reverse limitations of birth and embody the Purāṇic theme of sudden upliftment through sacred contact.
Kardamālā-tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.
None directly; the verse records testimony of transformation attributed to the tīrtha.