Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58
सामवत्युवाच । गतस्ते संशयः कश्चित्तर्ह्यागच्छ भजस्व माम् । पश्येदं विपिनं कांत परस्त्रीसुरतोचितम्
sāmavatyuvāca | gataste saṃśayaḥ kaścittarhyāgaccha bhajasva mām | paśyedaṃ vipinaṃ kāṃta parastrīsuratocitam
Sāmavatī said: “If any doubt of yours has now passed, then come—take delight in me. Behold this forest, beloved; it is fit for dalliance with another man’s wife.”
Sāmavatī
Scene: Sāmavatī gestures toward a secluded grove—flowering creepers, soft light, a hidden bower—her expression confident; Sumedhā stands firm yet tested.
FAQs
The verse depicts temptation and adharma (parastrī-sambandha) as a test that dharmic discernment must reject.
No tīrtha is glorified; “vipina” (forest) is a narrative setting, not a praised pilgrimage site.
None; it is a moral-ethical provocation within the story.