Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
सा गता भ्रममाणाथ काम्यकंनाम तद्वनम् । मत्तकोकिलनादाढ्यं मनोज्ञद्रुमसं कुलम्
sā gatā bhramamāṇātha kāmyakaṃnāma tadvanam | mattakokilanādāḍhyaṃ manojñadrumasaṃ kulam
അവൾ അലഞ്ഞുതിരിഞ്ഞ് ‘കാമ്യക’ എന്ന പേരുള്ള ആ വനത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി; മത്ത കുയിലുകളുടെ കൂജനത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞതും മനോഹര വൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ സാന്ദ്രമായതുമായിരുന്നു അത്।
Narrator (Brāhmaṇa Vatsa)
Tirtha: Kāmyaka-vana (as narrative locale)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unnamed interlocutor
Scene: Menakā wanders into Kāmyaka forest: dense, delightful trees, spring bloom, and resonant cuckoo calls; the forest itself feels intoxicating.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames sacred geography as spiritually charged—nature becomes the stage where dharma and desire are tested.
Kāmyaka-vana is named as the locale; the associated tīrtha significance is established in the continuing narration.
None in this verse; it is a descriptive setting.