Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
लज्जाभिभूता सा तत्र प्रविश्याश्वत्थवाटिकाम् । तत्र तं सुषुवे गर्भमविज्ञाय कुतो ह्ययम्
lajjābhibhūtā sā tatra praviśyāśvatthavāṭikām | tatra taṃ suṣuve garbhamavijñāya kuto hyayam
شرم سے مغلوب ہو کر وہ وہاں اشوتھ کے جھنڈ میں داخل ہوئی۔ اسی جگہ اس نے اپنے پیٹ کے بچے کو جنم دیا، اور بالکل نہ جان سکی: “یہ کہاں سے آ گیا؟”
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Aśvattha-vāṭikā (within Prabhāsa)
Type: kund
Scene: A woman, veiled and trembling with shame, slips into a dense aśvattha grove; beneath the spreading roots and heart-shaped leaves, she unexpectedly gives birth, looking bewildered and frightened.
FAQs
Actions and their consequences unfold even when one is confused; the narrative frames shame and secrecy against the backdrop of dharma and sacred space.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhās), presented as a sanctified landscape with sacred groves and purifying settings.
No direct prescription is stated here; the verse situates the event in a sacred grove, a typical Purāṇic marker of sanctity.