Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
अथ तास्तां समालोक्य दिव्यभूषणभूषिताम् । सुरूपांगीं समाधिस्थां चित्ते चिन्तां प्रचक्रिरे
atha tāstāṃ samālokya divyabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām | surūpāṃgīṃ samādhisthāṃ citte cintāṃ pracakrire
ثمّ لمّا أبصرنها متحلّيةً بحُلِيٍّ إلهيّة، حسنةَ الأعضاء، مستقرةً في السَّمادهي، أخذنَ يتفكّرنَ في قلوبهنّ.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Type: tirtha
Scene: The ascetic women behold Damayantī: divinely ornamented, perfectly proportioned, seated in meditative absorption; they pause, then reflect silently, their curiosity transformed into reverent contemplation.
FAQs
True sacredness is shown by inner absorption (samādhi) even amid outer splendor—devotion integrates both discipline and auspiciousness.
The verse continues the Adhyāya 111 tīrtha setting but does not name the site in this line.
Meditative absorption (samādhi) is described, not prescribed; it functions as an exemplar of tīrtha-sādhana.