Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
यस्मात्प्रीत्या समायातस्तवांतिकमहं शुभे । तस्मात्प्रीतिरिति ख्याता मम भार्या भविष्यसि
yasmātprītyā samāyātastavāṃtikamahaṃ śubhe | tasmātprītiriti khyātā mama bhāryā bhaviṣyasi
“Wahai yang suci dan membawa berkah, karena aku datang kepadamu dengan kasih, maka engkau akan dikenal sebagai ‘Prīti’, dan engkau akan menjadi istriku.”
Kāma (Smara)
Scene: Kāma gently proclaims the maiden’s future name ‘Prīti’, as if conferring a blessing; the moment feels like a sacred naming rite within a romantic encounter.
FAQs
Names in Purāṇas often encode spiritual meaning; ‘Prīti’ signifies love aligned with auspiciousness and dharmic union.
The verse itself does not identify the tīrtha; it continues the narrative embedded in the chapter’s tīrtha-glorification.
No explicit ritual; the verse explains a naming based on the motive of affectionate approach.
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