Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
अथोवाच मुनिस्तत्र महिषं दानवेश्वरम् । कन्यारत्नं समुत्पन्नं जंबूद्वीपे महासुर
athovāca munistatra mahiṣaṃ dānaveśvaram | kanyāratnaṃ samutpannaṃ jaṃbūdvīpe mahāsura
அப்போது அங்கே முனிவர், தானவர்களின் தலைவன் மகிஷனிடம் கூறினார்— “மகாசுரனே! ஜம்பூத்வீபத்தில் ரத்தினமெனும் கன்னி தோன்றியுள்ளாள்।”
Nārada
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied destination of ensuing action)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada (or a sage) addresses Mahiṣa, the daitya/dānava lord, in a darkly splendid asura court; the announcement of a 'kanyā-ratna' is delivered like a fateful proclamation.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often test power through temptation; the rise of a ‘kanyā-ratna’ becomes a catalyst revealing inner virtue or vice.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as the narrative hub, while Jambūdvīpa is invoked as the broader cosmic geography.
None in this verse; it is a narrative announcement.