Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
युवानं रूपसंपन्नं करिष्यावः पतिं तव । ततस्तस्यावयोश्चैव पतिमेकतमं वृणु
yuvānaṃ rūpasaṃpannaṃ kariṣyāvaḥ patiṃ tava | tatastasyāvayoścaiva patimekatamaṃ vṛṇu
“Faremos teu esposo tornar-se jovem e dotado de beleza. Depois, dentre nós, escolhe um como teu esposo.”
The Aśvinīkumāras
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/seekers (frame)
Scene: The Aśvinīkumāras promise to make Cyavana youthful and beautiful, then demand Sukanyā choose between them—setting up a dharma-based identification challenge; the scene glows with divine medicinal power.
FAQs
Divine power can alter circumstances, yet dharma is proven by right choice, not by external appearance.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the sanctified setting where divine intervention is narrated.
No explicit rite; it foreshadows a sacred-water act (entering the waters) in subsequent verses.