Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
गोपकन्यां च तां ज्ञात्वा गोश्च वक्त्रेण पद्मजः । प्रवेश्याकर्षयामास गुह्येन च ततः परम्
gopakanyāṃ ca tāṃ jñātvā gośca vaktreṇa padmajaḥ | praveśyākarṣayāmāsa guhyena ca tataḥ param
اسے گوالن کنیا جان کر پدمج (برہما) نے اسے گائے کے منہ کے راستے اندر داخل کرایا، پھر اس کے بعد ایک رازدارانہ تدبیر سے اسے اپنی طرف کھینچ لیا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā (Padmaja) recognizes a gopa-kanyā; a sacred cow’s mouth becomes a liminal gateway; the maiden is drawn inward by an unseen ‘guhya’ force, suggesting māyā and transmutation.
FAQs
It uses symbolic imagery to connect ritual power, secrecy, and social-sacred order—elements that Purāṇas often employ to ground tīrtha traditions.
The verse is mythic groundwork within the chapter; the tīrtha identification is typically provided by the surrounding māhātmya passage.
No direct prescription; the verse describes an extraordinary, ‘guhya’ (esoteric) narrative action.