Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
निश्चला कामतप्तांगी लिखितेव विभाब्यते । काचिदग्निसमान्मुक्त्वा निश्वासान्कामपीडिता
niścalā kāmataptāṃgī likhiteva vibhābyate | kācidagnisamānmuktvā niśvāsānkāmapīḍitā
L’une, le corps brûlé par le désir, demeura immobile comme peinte ; une autre, tourmentée par la passion, laissait échapper des souffles pareils au feu.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A woman stands motionless, as if painted, her limbs tense; another exhales as though breathing fire, eyes half-closed, cheeks flushed—desire depicted as heat and stasis.
FAQs
It dramatizes desire’s power to immobilize and burn the mind-body complex, implicitly commending self-control and sacred discipline.
Not named in this verse; it belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
None.