Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
स कदाचित्सभामध्ये सर्वदेवसमागमे । मेनकानृत्यगीतेन मोहितः सुचिरं किल
sa kadācitsabhāmadhye sarvadevasamāgame | menakānṛtyagītena mohitaḥ suciraṃ kila
ഒരിക്കൽ, എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരുടെയും സമാഗമമായ സഭാമദ്ധ്യേ, മേനകയുടെ നൃത്തവും ഗാനവും അവനെ ദീർഘകാലം മോഹിപ്പിച്ചു എന്നു പറയുന്നു।
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (implied future locus of expiation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: In the divine assembly, Menakā performs dance and song; Pattreśvara/Jaya becomes long captivated, forgetting decorum amid the gods’ gathering.
FAQs
Even the exalted can fall into delusion when the senses are unguarded; vigilance is central to dharma.
None explicitly in this verse; it supplies the backstory leading to the tīrtha-associated siddhi.
None; it narrates a cause of moral lapse (mohana).