Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
या सुमध्या पृथुश्रोणी प्रतिमा काञ्चनी यथा । प्राप्तेयं देवकन्या वा दृष्ट्वा तां मेनिरे जनाः
yā sumadhyā pṛthuśroṇī pratimā kāñcanī yathā | prāpteyaṃ devakanyā vā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ menire janāḥ
ఆమె సుమధ్య, విశాల నితంబములతో, స్వర్ణ ప్రతిమవలె ప్రకాశించింది. ఆమెను చూచి జనులు—“ఇక్కడికి దేవకన్య వచ్చిందా?” అని భావించారు.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the sacred precincts of Prabhāsa, townsfolk pause as a radiant, slim-waisted, broad-hipped maiden passes; her complexion gleams like a golden icon, prompting whispers that a devakanyā has descended.
FAQs
A life shaped by sacred merit (puṇya) and divine favor radiates auspicious qualities recognized even by ordinary observers.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Sāvitrī-sthala is praised implicitly through the extraordinary outcome of its vow and worship.
None in this verse; it continues the narrative description following the tīrtha-vrata boon.