Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
स च तत्स्मरणं ज्ञात्वा वसंतरतिसंयुतः । चूतांकुरास्त्रःऋ सहसा प्रादुरासीन्मनोभवः
sa ca tatsmaraṇaṃ jñātvā vasaṃtaratisaṃyutaḥ | cūtāṃkurāstraḥṛ sahasā prādurāsīnmanobhavaḥ
Kāmadeva, da er erkannte, dass man seiner gedachte, erschien sogleich—begleitet vom Frühling (Vasanta) und von Rati—mit der Waffe aus Mangoblütenknospen, dem aus dem Geist geborenen Herrn der Begierde.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: Implied audience; prior verse addresses Bhārata (Arjuna) as frame
Scene: Kāmadeva appears instantly upon being remembered, accompanied by Vasanta (Spring) and Rati, holding the mango-bud weapon; the air is fragrant, trees budding, bees humming—an epiphany of desire personified.
FAQs
Desire is powerful and swiftly arises when invoked; therefore it must be understood and governed within dharma.
No pilgrimage site is praised in this verse; it describes the mythic arrival of Kāmadeva.
None; this is descriptive narrative imagery (Vasanta, Rati, and Kāmadeva’s ‘weapon’).