Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
सहिता तेन विप्रेण कंदर्पप्रतिमेन च । अथ ताभ्यां महान्रामो मिथः संदर्शनात्स्थितः
sahitā tena vipreṇa kaṃdarpapratimena ca | atha tābhyāṃ mahānrāmo mithaḥ saṃdarśanātsthitaḥ
കന്ദർപ്പനെപ്പോലെ മനോഹരനായ ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണനോടൊപ്പം അവൾ ഉണ്ടായപ്പോൾ, പരസ്പരം കണ്ടുമാത്രത്തിൽ തന്നെ ഇരുവരിലും മഹത്തായ അനുരാഗം ഉണർന്നു.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Putra-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: nṛpa and dvijottamāḥ
Scene: The woman and the brāhmaṇa, handsome like Kandarpa, walk together; merely seeing each other kindles strong mutual attraction, foreshadowing tension between vow and desire.
FAQs
The text sets up a moral narrative: attraction can arise swiftly, and dharma is tested even during pilgrimage contexts.
The ongoing episode is framed around Putra-tīrtha, whose sanctity is highlighted by the surrounding narrative.
None in this verse; it describes the arising of mutual attraction.