Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
एवं ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । दग्धो यथा स्मरः पूर्वं पुनर्वीर्यान्वितः स्थितः
evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | dagdho yathā smaraḥ pūrvaṃ punarvīryānvitaḥ sthitaḥ
நீ என்னிடம் கேட்ட அனைத்தையும் நான் கூறினேன்—முன்பு எரிக்கப்பட்ட ஸ்மரன் (காமன்) பின்னர் மீண்டும் வல்லமை உடையவனாக எவ்வாறு நிலைத்தான் என்பதையும்।
Unspecified in this snippet (narrator within the dialogue; likely Īśvara/Śiva addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Kṛtasmara (context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage-like narrator concludes the account; the listener sits respectfully; behind them, the tīrtha landscape suggests the story’s grounding in place.
FAQs
Even what is destroyed can be re-established by divine will; sacred narrative frames the tīrtha as a locus of restoration.
The context is Kṛtasmara/Kāmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Smara is said to have regained potency.
None; the verse concludes the explanatory account.