Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
भजस्व स्वेच्छया विप्र दासी तेऽहं व्यवस्थिता
bhajasva svecchayā vipra dāsī te'haṃ vyavasthitā
Wahai brāhmaṇa, nikmatilah menurut kehendakmu; aku berdiri di sini sebagai dayangmu yang setia.
Māhī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)
Scene: Māhī stands close, posture of yielding—head slightly bowed, hands open in offering; she addresses the brāhmaṇa, declaring herself his handmaid and inviting him to enjoy as he wishes; tension between devotion-like surrender and erotic intent.
FAQs
It highlights a moment of temptation and agency that, in Purāṇic storytelling, often precedes karmic entanglement and later recourse to tīrtha and penance.
No site is named in this line; it belongs to the lead-up of the chapter’s tīrtha-oriented moral arc.
None.