Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 145
कृष्ण उवाच । एवमेतत्परं देव वक्तव्यं यत्तथैव तत् । अर्द्धनारीनरवपुर्यदा दृष्टो मया पुरा
kṛṣṇa uvāca | evametatparaṃ deva vaktavyaṃ yattathaiva tat | arddhanārīnaravapuryadā dṛṣṭo mayā purā
کرشن نے کہا: یوں ہی ہے، اے پرم دیو؛ جو کچھ آپ نے فرمایا ہے وہ بعینہٖ ویسا ہی ماننے کے لائق ہے۔ پہلے ایک بار میں نے اُس روپ کو دیکھا تھا جس کا بدن آدھا ناری اور آدھا نر تھا…
Kṛṣṇa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa / Vastrāpatha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rudra/Śiva (addressed as paraṃ deva)
Scene: Kṛṣṇa, hands folded, addresses the supreme Lord; behind or in memory-vision appears Ardhanārīśvara—half Śiva with jaṭā and trident, half Devī with graceful ornaments—radiating a single aura.
FAQs
Divine truth is affirmed through realized testimony, pointing to the unity of complementary principles within the Supreme.
The statement is part of the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya in Prabhāsa, where theology supports the tīrtha’s sacred prestige.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces a theophany narrative (vision of a divine form).