Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
सिताब्जवदनां हृष्टां दृष्ट्वाऽहं त्वां महाप्रभाम् । दग्धकामतरोः कन्दकंदलीमिव निःसृताम् । महार्हशयनस्थां त्वां तदा कामितवानहम्
sitābjavadanāṃ hṛṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭvā'haṃ tvāṃ mahāprabhām | dagdhakāmataroḥ kandakaṃdalīmiva niḥsṛtām | mahārhaśayanasthāṃ tvāṃ tadā kāmitavānaham
നിന്നെ—ഹർഷഭരിതയായ, ശ്വേതപദ്മമുഖിയായ, മഹാപ്രഭാമയിയായ—കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, ദഗ്ധമായ കാമതരുവിൽ നിന്നു কোমല കന്ദലിക പുറപ്പെടുന്നതുപോലെ, മഹാർഹ ശയ്യയിൽ ശയിച്ചിരുന്ന നിന്നെ അന്ന് ഞാൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ചു।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī addressed directly; broader frame typically to a ṛṣi/audience in Skanda Purāṇa
Scene: A radiant Devī, lotus-faced and joyful, reclines on a splendid couch; the speaker beholds her as a fresh shoot emerging from a scorched wish-fulfilling tree—beauty arising from ruin—within an aura of Prabhāsa’s sanctity.
FAQs
Divine beauty and radiance are depicted as spiritually potent—drawing consciousness toward union and auspiciousness.
The broader frame is Prabhāsa-kṣetra; this verse is part of the mythic narration supporting its māhātmya.
None; it is a narrative-poetic description.