Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
ख्याता पूणकलानाम सर्वैः समुदितागुणैः । तां दृष्ट्वा पद्मजोऽप्याशु कामस्य वशगोऽभवत्
khyātā pūṇakalānāma sarvaiḥ samuditāguṇaiḥ | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā padmajo'pyāśu kāmasya vaśago'bhavat
នាងល្បីឈ្មោះថា ពូណកលា ពោរពេញដោយគុណលក្ខណៈល្អប្រសើរទាំងអស់។ ពេលព្រះបដ្មជៈ (ព្រះព្រហ្មា) បានឃើញនាង សូម្បីតែទ្រង់ក៏រហ័សធ្លាក់ក្រោមអំណាចកាមៈ។
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (assembly)
Scene: Pūṇakalā is seen; Kāma’s influence spreads so strongly that even Brahmā becomes captivated—an ominous, dramatic turning point in the tīrtha legend.
FAQs
Desire (kāma) can overwhelm even exalted beings; vigilance and dharma are necessary, and later tīrtha-remedies often address such lapses.
The verse is part of the etiological chain within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya that explains the rise of local sacred features and their remedial power.
None; it sets up the narrative conditions for the ensuing curse/remedy account.