Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69
ततश्च समतिक्रांते मासमात्रे द्विजोत्तमाः । तादृग्रूपः स संजातो यादृगासीत्पुरा स्मरः
tataśca samatikrāṃte māsamātre dvijottamāḥ | tādṛgrūpaḥ sa saṃjāto yādṛgāsītpurā smaraḥ
پھر، اے بہترین دِوِجوں! جب صرف ایک مہینہ گزر گیا تو وہ اسی صورت کا ہو گیا جیسی پہلے زمانے میں سمر (کام) کی تھی۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Khaṇḍaśilā-kṣetra/tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-s (explicitly addressed)
Scene: A month passes in a montage-like sequence of daily offerings; Kāmadeva’s body regains radiant youthful form, with floral aura and regained bow and arrows, as priests and devas witness.
FAQs
Sacred time and sacred place mature karmic outcomes swiftly; divine states can be restored through ordained processes.
The surrounding passage glorifies the local tīrtha connected with Kāmeśvara/Khaṇḍaśilā, where the narrative results manifest.
No direct prescription here; it states the time-bound result (after one month) that frames later worship instructions.
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