Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
मया त्वं हि तदा ज्ञातः प्रथमेऽपि दिने स्थिते । यदा संभूषिता वस्त्रैस्तथा वस्तुविभूषणैः
mayā tvaṃ hi tadā jñātaḥ prathame'pi dine sthite | yadā saṃbhūṣitā vastraistathā vastuvibhūṣaṇaiḥ
നീ വന്ന ആദ്യദിവസം തന്നേ ഞാൻ നിന്നെ തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞിരുന്നു; അന്ന് നീ വസ്ത്രങ്ങളാലും പലവിധ ആഭരണങ്ങളാലും അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു.
Unspecified interlocutor (within Sūta’s narrated dialogue)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The male figure whose identity is being asserted
Scene: The speaker recalls the first day of arrival: the man was richly dressed and ornamented; her face shows certainty—‘I knew you then.’
FAQs
Outer signs (dress and ornaments) can reveal a concealed story, but they also invite inquiry into the deeper truth behind appearances.
No tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya context.
None; the verse is descriptive, not prescriptive.