Vamana Purana — Birth of Skanda (Kartikeya), Shloka 17
The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra
सा श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणो वाक्यं रूपिणी गिरिमागता आगत्य गर्भं तत्याज सुखेनैवाद्रिनन्दिनी
sā śrutvā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ rūpiṇī girimāgatā āgatya garbhaṃ tatyāja sukhenaivādrinandinī
பிரம்மாவின் வாக்கைக் கேட்ட அந்த அழகுருவினள் மலையினை அடைந்தாள்; அங்கு வந்து மலைமகள் எளிதாகவே கருவைத் துறந்து (வைத்துத்) தந்தாள்.
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FAQs
In Purāṇic idiom, ‘tyāga’ of a garbha can denote a deliberate, divinely instructed release/deposition rather than a pathological miscarriage. The framing—obedience to Brahmā and ‘with ease’—supports a purposeful sacred act tied to place-making.
The epithet anchors the narrative in sacred geography: the female agent is not merely a character but a personification/affiliate of the mountain itself, making the landscape an active participant in the tīrtha’s origin story.
‘Rūpiṇī’ signals divine/numinous status and auspiciousness. In māhātmya sections, such descriptors often mark the actor as fit to generate or transmit tīrtha-power (tīrtha-śakti) through contact with the land.