Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
का त्वं वद महाभागे मम मन्मथवर्धनी । किं देवी वासुरी वा किं पन्नगी किं तु मानुषी
kā tvaṃ vada mahābhāge mama manmathavardhanī | kiṃ devī vāsurī vā kiṃ pannagī kiṃ tu mānuṣī
“Siapakah engkau? Katakanlah kepadaku, wahai wanita yang bertuah—engkau yang membangkitkan gelora kama dalam diriku. Adakah engkau seorang devī, atau wanita asura, atau gadis nāga (ular suci), ataukah manusia?”
Muni (the sage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rambhā
Scene: A sage, visibly stirred, questions a radiant woman’s identity—goddess, asura, nāgī, or human—against a sacred grove backdrop.
FAQs
Purāṇas acknowledge the power of desire; vigilance and discernment are essential even for ascetics when confronted with alluring appearances.
The verse is within a tīrtha-glorification chapter, but the site is not named in this line.
No direct prescription; the verse sets up a moral-spiritual tension relevant to brahmacarya and restraint.