Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
सा दृष्ट्वा तं मुनिं तत्र भ्रममाणमितस्ततः । यौवनस्थं सुरूपाढ्यं पंचबाणमिवापरम्
sā dṛṣṭvā taṃ muniṃ tatra bhramamāṇamitastataḥ | yauvanasthaṃ surūpāḍhyaṃ paṃcabāṇamivāparam
Als sie dort den Weisen sah, der hin und her wanderte, jugendlich und von reicher Schönheit, gleich einem anderen Pañcabāṇa (Kāma), wurde sie von seinem Zauber getroffen.
Narrator (purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A youthful, handsome sage wanders near a sacred precinct; a celestial woman notices him, comparing his charm to Kāma, her gaze fixed in sudden fascination.
FAQs
It foreshadows the classic Purāṇic tension between tapas (ascetic power) and kāma (desire), set against the sanctity of a tīrtha.
The encounter occurs at the tīrtha being praised in Adhyāya 42; the holiness of place frames the moral drama.
None; the verse is narrative, describing perception and attraction.