Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
विष्णुरुवाच । एषा मे भगिनी देव जाताऽश्ववदना किल । तव प्रसादात्सद्वक्त्रा भूयादेतन्ममेप्सितम्
viṣṇuruvāca | eṣā me bhaginī deva jātā'śvavadanā kila | tava prasādātsadvaktrā bhūyādetanmamepsitam
विष्णु म्हणाले—“हे देव! माझी ही भगिनी खरोखर अश्वमुखी होऊन जन्मली आहे. तुमच्या कृपेने ती सुमुखी व्हावी—हीच माझी इच्छा आहे.”
Viṣṇu
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu, holding or accompanied by the Śārṅga bow, petitions Brahmā for his sister’s transformation from a horse-faced birth to a fair-faced auspicious form; the sister stands modestly to the side, veiled or downcast.
FAQs
Compassionate prayer seeks another’s welfare, and divine grace is invoked for auspicious transformation.
No tīrtha-name appears in this verse; it forms part of a broader tīrtha-glorification chapter.
None here; it is a boon-request dialogue that precedes the worship injunctions.