Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
आलपन्बहुधा कामो हन्यमानो निजैः शरैः । सापि चैव विशेषेण व्रीडयाऽधोमुखी स्थिता
ālapanbahudhā kāmo hanyamāno nijaiḥ śaraiḥ | sāpi caiva viśeṣeṇa vrīḍayā'dhomukhī sthitā
Kāma parla de maintes façons, bien qu’il fût frappé par ses propres flèches ; et elle aussi, surtout saisie de pudeur, demeurait la face baissée.
Narrator (within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kāma speaks insistently, yet appears pierced by his own flower-arrows; a modest woman stands with downcast face, hands drawn inward, in a grove setting.
FAQs
Desire becomes self-wounding; dharmic conscience appears as shame and restraint when one strays from right conduct.
The verse is within the Candrakūpikā–Kāmeśvara tīrtha context, though it focuses on the moral drama.
None; it is narrative instruction through symbolism.