Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
एकदा सुरतस्यांते सा स्वकंठे तपस्विनम् । वृंदा ददर्श संलग्नं द्विभुजं पुरुषोत्तमम्
ekadā suratasyāṃte sā svakaṃṭhe tapasvinam | vṛṃdā dadarśa saṃlagnaṃ dvibhujaṃ puruṣottamam
ഒരിക്കൽ സുരതത്തിന്റെ അവസാനം വൃന്ദ, തന്റെ കണ്ഠത്തിൽ ചേർന്നു കിടക്കുന്ന തപസ്വി-വേഷധാരിയായ ദ്വിഭുജ പുരുഷോത്തമനെ കണ്ടു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; explicitly identified as Nārada beginning at 51)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the close of lovemaking, Vṛndā suddenly notices a two-armed Supreme Person clinging at her neck, yet appearing as a tapasvin—an uncanny overlap of intimacy and renunciation.
FAQs
It signals the unveiling of deception/disguise, preparing the ethical turning point of the narrative.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it narrates the revelatory moment within the Vṛndā/Tulasī context.
No ritual prescription appears here.