Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
आसुरीं दानवीं दैवीं यक्षिणीं किंनरीं तथा । विद्याधरीं च गन्धर्वीं नागकन्यां मनोरमाम् । एता वरस्त्रियस्त्यक्त्वा युष्मदीयासु तास्वपि
āsurīṃ dānavīṃ daivīṃ yakṣiṇīṃ kiṃnarīṃ tathā | vidyādharīṃ ca gandharvīṃ nāgakanyāṃ manoramām | etā varastriyastyaktvā yuṣmadīyāsu tāsvapi
(Il pourrait se réjouir) d’une Asurī, d’une Dānavī, d’une Devī, d’une Yakṣiṇī, d’une Kiṃnarī, d’une Vidyādharī, d’une Gandharvī, ou d’une charmante jeune Nāga—ayant délaissé de telles femmes d’élite, pourquoi chercher le plaisir même parmi vos femmes ?
Brahmā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A speaker contrasts many classes of enchanting non-human maidens—Asurī, Dānavī, Devī, Yakṣiṇī, Kiṃnarī, Vidyādharī, Gandharvī, Nāga-kanyā—implying that even such splendor is forsaken; the scene is rhetorical, courtly, and charged with restrained sensuality.
FAQs
Baseless suspicion of the divine is irrational; purāṇic rhetoric exposes the folly of envy-driven accusations.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the narrative frames moral discernment within a sacred geography.
None; the verse is argumentative instruction within the story.