Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98
अथ दूरं गतौ क्वापि वने द्विजनृपात्मजौ । गन्धर्वकन्याः क्रीडंती शतशस्तावपश्यताम्
atha dūraṃ gatau kvāpi vane dvijanṛpātmajau | gandharvakanyāḥ krīḍaṃtī śataśastāvapaśyatām
അനന്തരം ബ്രാഹ്മണപുത്രനും രാജപുത്രനും ദൂരെയുള്ള ഏതോ വനപ്രദേശത്തേക്ക് ചെന്നു; അവിടെ ക്രീഡിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന നൂറുകണക്കിന് ഗന്ധർവകന്യകളെ അവർ കണ്ടു.
Narrator (context not explicit in snippet; within Skanda Purāṇa narrative frame)
Scene: Two youths—one brāhmaṇa’s son and one prince’s son—stand at the edge of a deep forest clearing, beholding hundreds of gandharva maidens playing and moving in graceful groups amid trees and flowering shrubs.
FAQs
It introduces a temptation-like encounter that sets the stage for teaching self-restraint and dharmic conduct.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative scene set in a forest.
None in this verse; it is descriptive narration.