Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तावद्यावत्स्थितः कालः शयनीयसमुद्भवः । मन्मथोत्साहसं युक्ताः पुलकेन समन्विताः
tāvadyāvatsthitaḥ kālaḥ śayanīyasamudbhavaḥ | manmathotsāhasaṃ yuktāḥ pulakena samanvitāḥ
Tant que dura le temps né de la couche des jeux d’amour, elles sont remplies de l’ardeur de Kāma et saisies de frissons d’exaltation.
Unspecified narrator (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: An intimate chamber scene suggested rather than explicit: the ‘time born of the couch’ passes; figures are shown with goosebumps and heightened emotion, emphasizing fleeting intensity.
FAQs
Passion is depicted as a powerful, time-bound state; the larger narrative typically uses such scenes to highlight the instability of sense-driven happiness.
No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse itself, though it belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya context.
None; the verse is descriptive, not prescriptive.