Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि तस्यातीतानि भामिनि । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य विद्धादस्य वरानने
bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tasyātītāni bhāmini | kasyacittvatha kālasya viddhādasya varānane
اے روشن جمال! اُس پر ہزاروں برس گزر گئے۔ پھر ایک وقت ایسا آیا، اے خوش رُو خاتون، کہ اُس کی انگلی کُشا گھاس کی نوک سے چھِد گئی۔
Śiva (deduced: continuing narration to Devī)
Tirtha: Maṅkaṇaka-tapas-sthāna (precursor to Maṃkīśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: After ages of meditation, the ṛṣi’s finger is pricked by sharp kuśa; a tiny bead of fluid appears; the forest is still, time feels suspended.
FAQs
Even after long austerities, a small event can become a turning point—testing humility and discernment.
The episode belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya cycle, though this verse itself is narrative setup.
None explicitly; the verse marks the narrative trigger (a piercing incident) rather than a rite.