Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
ततो हुंकृतवान्भूयः स ऋषिः कौतुकान्वितः । आपूरितः पुनः कूपः सलिलेन पुरा यथा
tato huṃkṛtavānbhūyaḥ sa ṛṣiḥ kautukānvitaḥ | āpūritaḥ punaḥ kūpaḥ salilena purā yathā
मग कौतुकयुक्त त्या ऋषींनी पुन्हा पवित्र ‘हुँ’ असा हुंकार केला. तत्क्षणी कूप पूर्वीप्रमाणे जलाने भरून गेला.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Huṃkāra-kūpa (implied)
Type: kund
Scene: A sage, eyes bright with wonder, utters ‘huṃ’; immediately the empty well surges and fills, water shimmering as if remembering its ancient fullness.
FAQs
Faith and sacred potency (śabda-śakti) are shown to revive a tīrtha’s life-giving waters, highlighting the living sanctity of Prabhāsa.
A sacred well (kūpa) within Prabhāsakṣetra, praised for its miraculous, ever-renewing water.
No direct injunction here; it narrates the miraculous refilling of the well after the sage’s huṃkāra.
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