Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
स कृत्रिमोद्भूतकलत्रभावः प्रयुक्तकर्णाभरणांगरागः । स्निग्धाञ्जनाक्षः स्पृहणीयरूपो बभूव सद्यः प्रमदोत्तमाभः
sa kṛtrimodbhūtakalatrabhāvaḥ prayuktakarṇābharaṇāṃgarāgaḥ | snigdhāñjanākṣaḥ spṛhaṇīyarūpo babhūva sadyaḥ pramadottamābhaḥ
Mit künstlich angenommener, gattinnenhafter Erscheinung — die Ohren geschmückt, der Leib mit Salben und Schminke bestrichen, die Augen mit sanftem Kajal verdunkelt — wurde er sogleich schön und begehrenswert, gleich einer vortrefflichen jungen Frau.
Narrator
Scene: Close-up, poetic tableau: the disguised youth with earrings, fragrant unguents, collyrium-darkened eyes, and an alluring, newly fashioned feminine grace.
FAQs
Outer beauty and identity can be crafted and deceiving; Purāṇic narratives often use such scenes to point toward discernment and inner truth.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None; the verse is descriptive (ornaments, unguents, collyrium).