Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
चकाराधरपानं सा मीलिताक्ष्यतिलोलुपा । यावत्तावदभूद्राजन्रूपं जालंधराकृति
cakārādharapānaṃ sā mīlitākṣyatilolupā | yāvattāvadabhūdrājanrūpaṃ jālaṃdharākṛti
അവൾ കണ്ണുകൾ അടച്ച് അത്യന്തം ആകാംക്ഷയോടെ അവന്റെ അധരാമൃതം പാനം ചെയ്തു; അത്രയിടയിൽ തന്നെ, ഹേ രാജാവേ, ജാലന്ധരാകൃതിയുള്ള ഒരു രൂപം ഉദിച്ചു।
Narrator addressing a king (indicated by ‘rājan’)
Tirtha: Citraśālā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā
Scene: On the divine couch, she kisses/drinks the nectar of his lips with eyes closed; in the same instant a new form arises—marked by the visage of Jālandhara—half-erotic, half-ominous miracle.
FAQs
Purāṇas often show that forms can shift through māyā and divine arrangement; discernment and dharma ultimately govern the outcome.
The passage is within a Tīrthamāhātmya frame, but this verse itself focuses on the miraculous event in the Citraśālā episode.
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