Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83
रविरुवाच । यस्माद्विलोलिता दृष्टिर्मयि दृष्टे त्वया पुनः । तस्माद्विलोलां तनयां नदीं त्वं प्रसविष्यसि
raviruvāca | yasmādvilolitā dṛṣṭirmayi dṛṣṭe tvayā punaḥ | tasmādvilolāṃ tanayāṃ nadīṃ tvaṃ prasaviṣyasi
روی نے کہا: “چونکہ مجھے دیکھتے ہوئے تمہاری نگاہ پھر لرز گئی، اس لیے تم ایک چنچل بیٹی کو جنم دو گی—ولولا نام کی ایک ندی۔”
Ravi/Arka (Sūrya)
Tirtha: Vilolā (river, as named in verse)
Type: river
Listener: Saṃjñā
Scene: Sūrya declares that Saṃjñā will bear a ‘wavering’ daughter, a river named Vilolā; in the background, a ribbon-like river form begins to appear, shimmering and serpentine.
FAQs
Purāṇic cosmology links inner states (wavering gaze) to outer manifestations (a river), teaching correspondence between psyche, karma, and creation.
The verse contributes to sacred-geography storytelling within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, though it names a river rather than Prabhāsa directly.
None; it is a causal statement and prophecy.