Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म यौवनं रूपमेव च । यत्त्वं हृद्वांछितः कांतः प्रलब्धो मदनोपमः
adya me saphalaṃ janma yauvanaṃ rūpameva ca | yattvaṃ hṛdvāṃchitaḥ kāṃtaḥ pralabdho madanopamaḥ
Heute hat meine Geburt Frucht getragen—auch meine Jugend und meine Schönheit—denn dich, den vom Herzen Ersehnten, habe ich erlangt, o Geliebter, Madana gleich.
Māhī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)
Scene: Māhī speaks with shining face, hands perhaps on his chest or clasped in añjali-like gratitude, declaring her life, youth, and beauty fulfilled upon attaining her heart’s beloved, ‘like Madana’.
FAQs
It illustrates how worldly fulfillment (youth, beauty, romance) is celebrated in narrative, yet in Purāṇic ethics such attachment often becomes the seed for later remorse and purification.
No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it belongs to a broader Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.
None; it is a personal declaration within the story.