Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
उत्पन्नाद्भुतरूपाढ्या नारी कमललोचना । कंबुग्रीवा सुकेशांता बिंबोष्ठी तनुमध्यमा
utpannādbhutarūpāḍhyā nārī kamalalocanā | kaṃbugrīvā sukeśāṃtā biṃboṣṭhī tanumadhyamā
அப்போது அதிசய அழகால் நிறைந்த ஒரு பெண் தோன்றினாள்—தாமரைப் போன்ற கண்கள், சங்குபோன்ற கழுத்து, அழகிய கூந்தல், பிம்பப் பழம்போன்ற இதழ்கள், மெலிந்த இடை உடையவள்।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing the origin narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wondrous woman manifests, described through classical alaṅkāra: lotus eyes, conch-like neck, glossy hair, bimba-red lips, slender waist—an emergence scene framed by sacred coastal Prabhāsa ambience.
FAQs
Purāṇic māhātmya often reveals sacred places through divine manifestations; beauty here signals auspiciousness and a theophany supporting dharma.
Indirectly, the Sarasvatī-bank tīrtha whose origin is being narrated; the manifested woman is part of that sacred origin account.
None in this verse; it is descriptive within the origin narrative.