Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
अथ तस्य मुनींद्रस्य रेतश्चस्कन्द तत्क्षणात् । दृष्ट्वा तां चारुसर्वांगीं जलमध्यं समाश्रिताम्
atha tasya munīṃdrasya retaścaskanda tatkṣaṇāt | dṛṣṭvā tāṃ cārusarvāṃgīṃ jalamadhyaṃ samāśritām
তাৰ পাছত, সেই মুনীন্দ্ৰৰ বীৰ্য তৎক্ষণাৎ স্খলিত হ’ল, যেতিয়া তেওঁ জলৰ মাজত আশ্ৰয় লোৱা সেই সৰ্বাঙ্গসুন্দৰীক দেখিলে।
Narrator (Brāhmaṇa Vatsa)
Type: ghat
Scene: The sage’s composure breaks: a subtle but dramatic moment where his seed falls instantly as he beholds the woman in the water; depict inner turmoil through posture and aura rather than explicitness, with the river central.
FAQs
Even great ascetics may face sudden lapses when confronted by sense-objects; vigilance and inner discipline are implied.
The episode occurs at a riverbank/waterside sacred setting; tīrtha-glory is carried by the broader narrative rather than a named site in this verse.
None; it is a narrative moment within the māhātmya.