Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82
तं दृष्ट्वा प्रेमनिर्विण्णा पुलकांकितविग्रहा । निरुद्धबाष्पप्रसरा तस्थौ तन्न्यस्तलोचना
taṃ dṛṣṭvā premanirviṇṇā pulakāṃkitavigrahā | niruddhabāṣpaprasarā tasthau tannyastalocanā
তাকে দেখে সে প্রেমে বিহ্বল হলো; দেহে রোমাঞ্চ জাগল; অশ্রুধারা সংযত করে, দৃষ্টি তার ওপর স্থির রেখে সে দাঁড়িয়ে রইল।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brahma-related khandas)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śāradā stands motionless after seeing him—body covered in goosebumps, tears restrained, eyes unwaveringly fixed; the crowd and festival blur behind her stillness.
FAQs
Deep inner impressions manifest outwardly; sincerity of feeling—whether devotion or love—naturally reveals itself through bodily signs.
Gokarṇa (the setting of the encounter).
None; the verse depicts devotional-emotional symptoms rather than a ritual rule.