Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
राज्ञ्युवाच । गच्छावस्तत्र यत्रैव कपालं पतितं तव । स्फोटिते च कपाले च हिरण्यं दृश्यते यदि । प्रत्ययो मे भवेत्पश्चात्तव वाक्यं न संशयः
rājñyuvāca | gacchāvastatra yatraiva kapālaṃ patitaṃ tava | sphoṭite ca kapāle ca hiraṇyaṃ dṛśyate yadi | pratyayo me bhavetpaścāttava vākyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
ملکہ نے کہا: “چلو ہم اسی جگہ چلیں جہاں تمہارا کَپال گرا تھا۔ اگر اس کَپال کو چیرنے پر اس کے اندر سونا دکھائی دے، تو پھر مجھے یقین ہو جائے گا؛ تب تمہاری بات میں کوئی شک نہ رہے گا۔”
Rājñī (the queen)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (micro-site of the fallen kapāla)
Type: tirtha
Scene: The queen challenges the king: they should go to the exact place where his skull fell; if gold appears when it is split, she will be convinced.
FAQs
Faith matures when doubt is resolved through direct encounter with sacred reality—here, a tangible sign is sought to confirm a dharmic claim.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), introduced as the destination where the event and its proof will be revealed.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it frames a pilgrimage to the spot of the fallen skull to verify the marvel.