Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
भ्रममाणस्य तस्याथ दृष्ट्वा रूपमनुत्तमम् । ता नार्यः कामसंतप्ता बभूवुर्व्यथितेन्द्रियाः
bhramamāṇasya tasyātha dṛṣṭvā rūpamanuttamam | tā nāryaḥ kāmasaṃtaptā babhūvurvyathitendriyāḥ
तेव्हा त्याला भ्रमण करताना व त्याचे अनुपम रूप पाहून त्या स्त्रिया कामतापाने संतप्त झाल्या आणि इंद्रिये व्याकुळ झाली.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Dāruka-vana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Women of the sages’ hermitage behold the roaming Śiva’s incomparable beauty and become stirred by desire, their senses inwardly unsettled—an ethical tension scene.
FAQs
Sense-agitation arises from fascination with form; the narrative points toward vigilance and self-restraint (indriya-nigraha).
The verse is part of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; the immediate scene is Dāruka Vana.
None; the verse describes a psychological and moral turning point in the story.