Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 88
यस्मान्मदूरोर्निष्पन्ना त्वियमिन्दीवरेक्षणा । उर्वशी नाम कल्याणी भविष्यति वराप्सराः
yasmānmadūrorniṣpannā tviyamindīvarekṣaṇā | urvaśī nāma kalyāṇī bhaviṣyati varāpsarāḥ
Oleh sebab gadis bermata teratai ini terbit dari pahaku, maka dia—yang membawa keberkatan dan jelita—akan masyhur dengan nama Urvaśī, apsarā yang paling utama.
Unspecified in snippet (speaker identifies ‘my thigh’, consistent with a creator/divine figure in mythic narration)
Scene: A lotus-eyed maiden emerges miraculously from the speaker’s thigh; she is named Urvaśī, destined to be the foremost apsaras. The moment is wondrous, luminous, and mythic.
FAQs
Purāṇic genealogies frame beauty and fame as outcomes of divine origin, reminding readers that worldly splendor ultimately derives from a higher source.
The narrative occurs within the Revā-kṣetra framework (Narmadā region) of the Skanda Purāṇa, though this verse focuses on Urvaśī’s origin.
No ritual instruction appears in this verse.