Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
मानुषा ऊचुः । वयं ते हरिणाः सर्वे मानुषत्वं सुदुर्लभम् । तीर्थस्याऽस्य प्रभावेन प्राप्ताः सत्यं न संशयः
mānuṣā ūcuḥ | vayaṃ te hariṇāḥ sarve mānuṣatvaṃ sudurlabham | tīrthasyā'sya prabhāvena prāptāḥ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
ان (نئے) انسانوں نے کہا: “ہم ہی وہ سب ہرن تھے۔ اس تیرتھ کے اثر سے ہم نے انسان ہونے کی نہایت نایاب حالت پائی ہے؛ یہ سچ ہے، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔”
Mānuṣāḥ (the deer transformed into humans)
Type: kund
Scene: The transformed men speak with folded hands or steady gestures, declaring their former deer-state and the tīrtha’s power; hunters listen in shock.
FAQs
Human birth is described as rare, and tīrtha-grace can elevate a being’s condition—highlighting the salvific reputation of sacred places.
A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha whose prabhāva grants extraordinary upliftment; the passage functions as direct “witness testimony” to its greatness.
Implied: snāna/avaghāhana (bathing/immersion) in the tīrtha as the means of receiving its prabhāva.