Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
इत्युक्ता तेन मुनिना पुनर्जातेव साप्सराः । महाप्रसाद इत्युक्त्वा मुनेः शुक्रमजीगिलत्
ityuktā tena muninā punarjāteva sāpsarāḥ | mahāprasāda ityuktvā muneḥ śukramajīgilat
அந்த முனிவர் இவ்வாறு கூறியதும் அந்த அப்சரை புதிதாய் பிறந்தவள்போல் ஆனாள். “இது மகாப்ரசாதம்” என்று சொல்லி முனிவரின் சுக்ரத்தை அவள் விழுங்கினாள்.
Skanda (narrator voice within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; specific direct speech not marked here)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇa audience (contextual)
Scene: A discreet, symbolic depiction: the apsaras, feeling renewed, receives the sage’s seed as ‘mahāprasāda’; the scene should be rendered with restraint—suggesting sacred transfer via a glowing essence rather than explicitness.
FAQs
It frames the event as ‘prasāda’—a grace-bearing turning point that leads to a destined, dharmic outcome.
No specific tīrtha is named; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa sacred-history setting.
None; it narrates a mythic conception motif rather than prescribing a practice.