Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
त्वया तस्याः सुतं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रवांछा कृता हृदि । तव गर्भगतो नूनं पुत्रः पुत्रि भविष्यति
tvayā tasyāḥ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā putravāṃchā kṛtā hṛdi | tava garbhagato nūnaṃ putraḥ putri bhaviṣyati
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Aśarīriṇī Vāk (divine voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (episode tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Gautamī (addressed as 'putri')
Scene: A celestial voice blesses Gautamī, indicating the child in her womb will be a son; she stands near the sacred waters, hands on her abdomen, expression shifting from fear to relief.
FAQs
A heartfelt wish formed in a tīrtha setting becomes efficacious; divine speech reframes anxiety into assurance grounded in tīrtha-prabhāva.
The Arbuda-region water-tīrtha whose power turns Gautamī’s inner longing into the boon of progeny.
The implied practice is tīrtha-connection (standing/bathing) combined with mental saṅkalpa; no separate external rite is specified in this verse.