Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98
पुलस्त्य उवाच । अथासौ पार्थिवो हस्ते चापमादाय सत्वरम् । सज्यं कृत्वा शरं गृह्य जघान धरणीतलम्
pulastya uvāca | athāsau pārthivo haste cāpamādāya satvaram | sajyaṃ kṛtvā śaraṃ gṛhya jaghāna dharaṇītalam
ปุลัสตยะกล่าวว่า: แล้วพระราชานั้นรีบถือคันศรไว้ในมือ ครั้นขึ้นสายและกำลูกศรแล้ว ก็ยิงกระทบผืนแผ่นดิน
Pulastya
Type: kund
Listener: Interlocutor within Arbuda narrative (unspecified here)
Scene: A king, urgent and focused, strings his bow, nocks an arrow, and shoots into the earth; attendants watch in suspense at a rocky-forested kshetra.
FAQs
Righteous resolve and purposeful action can become the immediate cause for the manifestation of sacred benefit in a holy place.
The verse begins the episode leading to the manifestation of a holy jalāśaya later famed in connection with Kapilā (Kapilā-tīrtha).
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it narrates the triggering act that leads to the appearance of sacred water.