Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
कृकलासवाहनश्च रत्तिकाकर्णभूषणः । गृहाण्यवेक्ष्य वृष्णीनां नादृश्यत पुनः क्वचित्
kṛkalāsavāhanaśca rattikākarṇabhūṣaṇaḥ | gṛhāṇyavekṣya vṛṣṇīnāṃ nādṛśyata punaḥ kvacit
Dia menunggang kṛkalāsa (biawak/kadal) sebagai tunggangan dan memakai rattikā sebagai perhiasan telinga. Setelah meninjau rumah-rumah kaum Vṛṣṇi, dia tidak kelihatan lagi di mana-mana.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The portent-figure rides a lizard, wearing small seed/berry-like ear ornaments, silently surveying the Vṛṣṇi houses before vanishing without trace.
FAQs
Omens may appear briefly yet decisively; the Purāṇa teaches alertness to dharmic decline and the inevitability of karmic fruition.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred setting where the Vṛṣṇis’ final signs are narrated within the tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; this is an omen description.