Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58
सामवत्युवाच । गतस्ते संशयः कश्चित्तर्ह्यागच्छ भजस्व माम् । पश्येदं विपिनं कांत परस्त्रीसुरतोचितम्
sāmavatyuvāca | gataste saṃśayaḥ kaścittarhyāgaccha bhajasva mām | paśyedaṃ vipinaṃ kāṃta parastrīsuratocitam
ಸಾಮವತಿ ಹೇಳಿದರು—ನಿನ್ನ ಯಾವ ಸಂಶಯವಾದರೂ ಈಗ ದೂರವಾದರೆ, ಆಗ ಬಾ; ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಭಜಿಸು, ನನ್ನೊಡನೆ ರಮಿಸು. ಪ್ರಿಯನೇ, ಈ ವನವನ್ನು ನೋಡು; ಇದು ಪರಸ್ತ್ರೀ-ಸುರತಕ್ಕೆ ಯೋಗ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ।
Sāmavatī
Scene: Sāmavatī gestures toward a secluded grove—flowering creepers, soft light, a hidden bower—her expression confident; Sumedhā stands firm yet tested.
FAQs
The verse depicts temptation and adharma (parastrī-sambandha) as a test that dharmic discernment must reject.
No tīrtha is glorified; “vipina” (forest) is a narrative setting, not a praised pilgrimage site.
None; it is a moral-ethical provocation within the story.