Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
पुराऽसीत्काचिदाभीरी विरूपा विकृतानना । लम्बोदरी च कुग्रीवा स्थूलदंतशिरोरुहा
purā'sītkācidābhīrī virūpā vikṛtānanā | lambodarī ca kugrīvā sthūladaṃtaśiroruhā
久远以前，有一位阿毗梨女子，容貌丑陋，面相扭曲；腹大如鼓，颈粗，齿粗发乱。
Pulastya
Tirtha: Rūpatīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: king (Mahārāja)
Scene: An Ābhīrī woman depicted with exaggerated markers of hardship—disheveled hair, coarse features, heavy body—standing at the edge of a sacred landscape, foreshadowing imminent transformation through the tīrtha.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha stories often begin with suffering or deficiency to highlight the later power of sacred places to transform destiny.
Rūpatīrtha (by chapter context), where this woman’s story will unfold.
None in this verse; it describes the protagonist’s condition to prepare for the tīrtha’s transformative rite (typically snāna).