Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
एवमुक्त्वा सत्यव्रतशरीरात्पाशसंयुतः । अंगुष्ठमात्रं पुरुषं निचकर्ष यमो बलात्
evamuktvā satyavrataśarīrātpāśasaṃyutaḥ | aṃguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣaṃ nicakarṣa yamo balāt
یوں کہہ کر، پاش (رسی) لیے ہوئے یَم نے ستیہ ورت کے جسم سے زور کے ساتھ انگوٹھے بھر کے برابر ایک پُرش کو کھینچ نکالا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Yama, holding the noose, draws out from Satyavrata’s body a tiny thumb-sized puruṣa—an ethereal figure emerging from the chest or crown—while Sāvitrī witnesses.
FAQs
Life is depicted as a subtle, extractable principle under cosmic law—death is not random but administered within dharma’s jurisdiction.
The verse is part of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s narrative tapestry; it does not itself praise a named tīrtha.
None; it is a descriptive account of Yama’s act.