Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
अवतीर्णस्य भूपृष्ठे देवकार्येण केनचित् । वाजिवक्त्रधरा प्रोक्ता यद्येषा मम कांतया
avatīrṇasya bhūpṛṣṭhe devakāryeṇa kenacit | vājivaktradharā proktā yadyeṣā mama kāṃtayā
«Quando eu tiver descido à terra por alguma obra divina, se ela for chamada ‘a que traz rosto de cavalo’ por causa de minha amada…»
Keśava/Divine figure (continuing first-person narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Lord speaks of his descent to earth for a divine mission, explaining that the ‘horse-faced’ description arises due to connection with his beloved—hinting at a hidden backstory.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often link bodily marks and epithets to divine missions and karmic causality, framing suffering within a larger sacred purpose.
Not identifiable from this single verse; it is embedded in a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None; the verse provides mythic explanation and conditional statement.