Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
गिरौ विषमभूभागे वहुवृक्षसमाकुले । मृगयूथगता नारी मया दृष्टा मृगानना
girau viṣamabhūbhāge vahuvṛkṣasamākule | mṛgayūthagatā nārī mayā dṛṣṭā mṛgānanā
पर्वताच्या विषम, अनेक वृक्षांनी दाटलेल्या भागात मी मृगांच्या कळपात वावरणारी एक नारी पाहिली—तिचे मुख हरिणीसारखे होते।
Śiva (narrating); direct speech by the forest-guard
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha
Type: kshetra
Scene: On rugged, uneven mountain ground thick with trees, a doe-faced young woman moves among a herd of deer; the observer watches from concealment.
FAQs
The Purāṇas use wondrous, liminal figures to hint at karmic mystery—often a prelude to revelation of a sacred site’s power and compassion.
Not explicitly named here; the marvel serves as narrative momentum toward the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra tīrtha’s greatness.
None.