Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
ववर्षुः पयसां पूरैस्तदूधांसि पयोधराः । धारासारैरविच्छिन्नैस्तावद्यावद्ध्रदोऽभवत्
vavarṣuḥ payasāṃ pūraistadūdhāṃsi payodharāḥ | dhārāsārairavicchinnaistāvadyāvaddhrado'bhavat
Bầu vú của họ, như mây mang mưa, tuôn trào những dòng sữa dâng ngập, chảy liên miên không dứt—cho đến khi một hồ nước tự thành hình.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Type: kund
Scene: Celestial cows (or cow-like beings) with cloud-like udders pour continuous streams of milk; the ground fills and becomes a shining lake, white and luminous, with ripples like moonlight.
FAQs
In tīrtha-māhātmya, divine grace becomes tangible: purity ‘flows’ into the world and forms sacred sites for human uplift.
A newly formed hrada (lake) in Kāśī, later identified as Kapilā-hrada.
Not yet; the creation of the lake prepares for bathing (snāna) and related rites described next.