Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
न देवी न च गन्धर्वी नासुरी नागकन्यका । तादृग्रूपा पुराऽस्माभिः काचिद्दृष्टा नितम्बिनी
na devī na ca gandharvī nāsurī nāgakanyakā | tādṛgrūpā purā'smābhiḥ kāciddṛṣṭā nitambinī
ಅವಳು ದೇವಿಯಲ್ಲ, ಗಂಧರ್ವಕನ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲ, ಅಸುರಿಯಲ್ಲ, ನಾಗಕನ್ಯೆಯೂ ಅಲ್ಲ. ಇಂತಹ ರೂಪವತಿಯಾದ ನಿತಂಬಿನಿಯನ್ನು ನಾವು ಹಿಂದೆ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ನೋಡಿಲ್ಲ.
Cārāḥ (spies/agents of the daitya lord)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of onlookers speak in wonder, listing celestial categories (devī, gandharvī, asurī, nāga-kanyā) yet declaring the maiden surpasses all; the maiden is implied as strikingly beautiful, poised, and enigmatic.
FAQs
The sacred realm transcends ordinary categories; divine manifestation may appear beyond familiar classifications of beings.
The immediate setting remains the Vindhya region from the preceding report; no new tīrtha name appears in this verse.
None; the verse emphasizes wonder and the limits of ordinary identification.
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