Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। मेनकोवाच । नूनं हि कामधर्मे त्वं न प्रवीणो महाद्युते । तेन मामीदृशैर्वाक्यैर्निवारयसि रागिणीम्
| menakovāca | nūnaṃ hi kāmadharme tvaṃ na pravīṇo mahādyute | tena māmīdṛśairvākyairnivārayasi rāgiṇīm
Menakā dit : Assurément tu n’es pas versé dans le dharma de l’amour, ô toi d’un grand éclat ; c’est pourquoi tu me retiens, moi qui suis pleine de passion, par de telles paroles.
Menakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśvāmitra
Scene: Menakā speaks with confident, teasing expression; her posture is graceful and forward-leaning, while the ascetic remains composed—an encounter of rhetoric and resolve.
FAQs
The verse frames the tension between desire and restraint, setting up a dharmic discourse on protecting vows.
This line is part of a moral dialogue embedded in Tīrthamāhātmya; no single tīrtha is named in the verse itself.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the debate around conduct (ācāra) and restraint.