Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
अथ प्रार्थयतस्तस्य न्यपतत्पंचमं शिरः । खररूपं महादेवि तेन पापेन तत्क्षणात्
atha prārthayatastasya nyapatatpaṃcamaṃ śiraḥ | khararūpaṃ mahādevi tena pāpena tatkṣaṇāt
جب وہ یوں ہی التجا کر رہا تھا تو اس کا پانچواں سر گر پڑا۔ اے مہادیوی! اسی گناہ کے سبب وہ فوراً گدھے کی صورت اختیار کر گیا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution; vocative “mahādevi” indicates the tale is framed as told to a goddess/listener in some recensions, but overall Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa is commonly Sūta-led)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the moment of pleading, Brahmā’s fifth head drops off; it becomes donkey-formed—an instantaneous, humiliating transformation marking sin’s consequence.
FAQs
Transgression yields immediate karmic consequence; Purāṇic dharma stresses accountability even for cosmic deities.
The narrative is moving toward Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the expiation is accomplished.
None here; it describes the consequence that motivates later snāna and liṅga स्थापना.