Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
स पाञ्चवार्षिको भूत्वा बाल एव गुणान्वितः । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य ज्ञानी तत्र समागतः
sa pāñcavārṣiko bhūtvā bāla eva guṇānvitaḥ | kasyacittvatha kālasya jñānī tatra samāgataḥ
तो बालक पाच वर्षांचा असूनही गुणसम्पन्न होता। काही काळानंतर तेथे एक ज्ञानी महात्मा येऊन पोहोचला।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A five-year-old boy with luminous composure in an āśrama setting; a traveling jñānī arrives—staff, waterpot, calm gaze—creating a moment of auspicious recognition.
FAQs
Virtue can manifest even in early life, and the arrival of a jñānī signals that dharma and destiny are about to be revealed.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), a famed sacred region associated with pilgrimage merit.
None in this verse; it sets the narrative context for later dharmic actions.