Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
तूर्णं जग्राह केशेषु धावित्वा मदनार्दितः । अभ्येत्य निजकेशेषु गृह्णन्ते तं विलोक्य सा
tūrṇaṃ jagrāha keśeṣu dhāvitvā madanārditaḥ | abhyetya nijakeśeṣu gṛhṇante taṃ vilokya sā
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Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Setukhaṇḍa)
Scene: विद्याधरकुमारः धावित्वा मुनिकन्यायाः केशेषु गृह्णाति; कन्या विस्मय-भयेन प्रत्यवलोकयति, देह-भङ्गिमा प्रतिरोध-युक्ता।
FAQs
Uncontrolled desire (kāma) leads to adharma; the Purāṇic narrative frames such coercion as a moral transgression inviting correction.
The Setu Māhātmya provides the sacred setting; this verse serves the moral narrative rather than praising a particular sub-tīrtha.
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