Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
न शंभोर्लज्जया वक्त्रं प्रत्यक्षं स व्यलोकयत् । न च सा लज्जयाविष्टा करोति प्रकटं मुखम्
na śaṃbhorlajjayā vaktraṃ pratyakṣaṃ sa vyalokayat | na ca sā lajjayāviṣṭā karoti prakaṭaṃ mukham
शंभूप्रती लज्जेमुळे त्याने तिचे मुख प्रत्यक्ष पाहिले नाही; आणि तीही लज्जेने व्याप्त होऊन आपले मुख उघडपणे प्रकट करीना।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A quiet moment of mutual modesty: he refrains from looking directly at her face out of shame before Śambhu; she keeps her face unrevealed, eyes lowered—ritual decorum and inner restraint prevail.
FAQs
Even amid strong impulses, dharma expresses itself as lajjā (modesty) and maryādā (propriety), especially in relation to the divine.
Not specified in this verse; it belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.
None; the verse emphasizes conduct and modest restraint.