Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
सा चित्रशालामित्युक्ता विवेश मुनिना तदा । दिव्यपर्यंकमारूढा गृह्य कांतस्य तच्छिरः
sā citraśālāmityuktā viveśa muninā tadā | divyaparyaṃkamārūḍhā gṛhya kāṃtasya tacchiraḥ
മുനി ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ അവൾ അപ്പോൾ ചിത്രശാലയിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു; ദിവ്യപര്യങ്കത്തിൽ കയറി പ്രിയതമന്റെ ആ ശിരസ് കൈക്കൊണ്ടു।
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Citraśālā
Type: kshetra
Scene: She steps into the Citraśālā, ascends a radiant divine couch, and reverently takes the head of her beloved—an eerie yet sacred tableau of love and rite.
FAQs
Faith expresses itself as obedient, timely action under saintly instruction, opening the way for divine outcomes.
The verse continues the māhātmya narrative context, but names the Citraśālā as the sacred/numinous locus of the episode.
None; the act is narrative (entering, mounting the couch, taking the head).