Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि तस्यातीतानि भामिनि । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य विद्धादस्य वरानने
bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tasyātītāni bhāmini | kasyacittvatha kālasya viddhādasya varānane
हे भामिनी! त्याचे अनेक हजारो वर्षे निघून गेली. मग एका वेळी, हे वरानने! कुशाच्या टोकाने त्याची बोटे टोचली गेली.
Śiva (deduced: continuing narration to Devī)
Tirtha: Maṅkaṇaka-tapas-sthāna (precursor to Maṃkīśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: After ages of meditation, the ṛṣi’s finger is pricked by sharp kuśa; a tiny bead of fluid appears; the forest is still, time feels suspended.
FAQs
Even after long austerities, a small event can become a turning point—testing humility and discernment.
The episode belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya cycle, though this verse itself is narrative setup.
None explicitly; the verse marks the narrative trigger (a piercing incident) rather than a rite.