Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
तत्राऽहं कौतुकाविष्ट इतश्चेतश्च वीक्षयन् । सर्वाश्चर्यमयीं नारीमपश्यं लोकसुंदरीम्
tatrā'haṃ kautukāviṣṭa itaścetaśca vīkṣayan | sarvāścaryamayīṃ nārīmapaśyaṃ lokasuṃdarīm
Allí, poseído por la curiosidad y mirando de un lado a otro, vi a una mujer de belleza maravillosa, una verdadera encantadora del mundo.
First-person narrator (the ‘I’ describing a vision/encounter on Arbuda)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: peak
Listener: A Dānava addressed as ‘dānavśārdūla’ in the surrounding passage context
Scene: A traveler, eyes darting in curiosity, beholds an impossibly radiant woman appearing within a sacred mountain landscape; the surroundings feel charged, otherworldly, and still.
FAQs
In tīrtha narratives, wonder and unexpected encounters signal the living presence of the sacred and the unfolding of hidden dharma.
Mount Arbuda, where the narrator experiences a remarkable vision.
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