Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 151
तस्य कन्या समभवद्रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि । सा मया सहसा दृष्टा क्रीडमाना यथेच्छया
tasya kanyā samabhavadrūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi | sā mayā sahasā dṛṣṭā krīḍamānā yathecchayā
അവനു ഭൂമിയിൽ സൗന്ദര്യത്തിൽ അപരിമിതയായ ഒരു പുത്രി ഉണ്ടായി. ഞാൻ അവളെ പെട്ടെന്നു കണ്ടു—അവൾ തനിക്കിഷ്ടമുള്ളപോലെ സ്വൈരമായി ക്രീഡിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു.
Narrator (first-person)
Scene: A secluded āśrama-grove: a radiant maiden plays freely among flowering trees while the narrator unexpectedly beholds her, struck by her beauty.
FAQs
The verse sets up a dharmic narrative: chance encounters in Purāṇic stories often become catalysts for moral instruction and sacred-place glorification.
The line is part of a broader Tīrthamāhātmya account in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, but it does not name a particular tīrtha by itself.
None; it introduces a character and a moment of sight (darśana) that advances the story.