Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
अंतर्वत्नी त्वियं कन्या जनयिष्यति शोभनाम् । एषा हि दुर्भगा पूर्वं सांप्रतं सुभगाऽभवत्
aṃtarvatnī tviyaṃ kanyā janayiṣyati śobhanām | eṣā hi durbhagā pūrvaṃ sāṃprataṃ subhagā'bhavat
ही कन्या गर्भवती आहे; ती एक शोभन अपत्य प्रसवेल. जी पूर्वी दुर्भाग्यवती होती, ती आता सौभाग्यवती झाली आहे।
Skanda (narrating speech of the disguised figure; deduced context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Royal women/queen; broader frame to sages
Scene: Within a palace women’s quarter, a brāhmaṇa declares a maiden’s pregnancy and foretells a beautiful child; attendants exchange relieved glances; auspicious symbols (kalasha, lamps) appear subtly, with Kāśī’s temple skyline beyond.
FAQs
Fortune can turn swiftly; in purāṇic ethics, auspiciousness is sustained by dharma rather than mere prediction.
The Kāśī setting frames the episode; the verse itself does not name a particular tīrtha.
None.