Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
जहार तरसा तारां रूपवान्रूपशालिनीम् । वार्यमाणोपि गीर्वाणैर्बहुदेवर्षिभिः पुनः
jahāra tarasā tārāṃ rūpavānrūpaśālinīm | vāryamāṇopi gīrvāṇairbahudevarṣibhiḥ punaḥ
فخطف تارا خَطْفًا وبقوة؛ ذلك الوسيمُ أخذها قسرًا، وهي الغنية بالجمال، مع أنّ الآلهة وكثيرًا من الرِّشيّات الإلهيين كانوا يردعونه مرارًا.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues, commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as didactic kṣetra-frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrim audience
Scene: Soma, dazzling and youthful, lifts Tārā away as devas and devarṣis raise hands in prohibition; the scene is charged with motion—Tārā’s ornaments and garments flowing, sages’ matted locks and staffs forming a moral barrier.
FAQs
Desire unchecked by restraint and counsel becomes violence; dharma requires heeding wise prohibition.
Not a site-specific verse; it is part of a moral narrative embedded within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting.
None; the focus is narrative and ethical.