Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63
न देवी नापि गंधर्वी नासुरी न च मानुषी । तादृग्रूपा मया दृष्टा न श्रुता च वरांगना
na devī nāpi gaṃdharvī nāsurī na ca mānuṣī | tādṛgrūpā mayā dṛṣṭā na śrutā ca varāṃganā
ਉਹ ਨਾ ਦੇਵੀ ਸੀ, ਨਾ ਗੰਧਰਵੀ, ਨਾ ਅਸੁਰੀ, ਨਾ ਹੀ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ। ਐਸਾ ਰੂਪ, ਹੇ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਅੰਗਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ, ਮੈਂ ਨਾ ਕਦੇ ਵੇਖਿਆ ਨਾ ਸੁਣਿਆ।
Nārada (as recalled/reported within Pulastya’s narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed interlocutor (dānavśārdūla) implied
Scene: The speaker, astonished, mentally cycles through celestial categories—deity, gandharvī, asurī, human—yet the woman’s presence exceeds them all; the scene emphasizes her unplaceable aura.
FAQs
It warns that extraordinary allure can destabilize the mind; vigilance is required to protect tapas and self-restraint.
The passage belongs to the Arbuda Khaṇḍa within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, associated with the sacred Arbuda (Mount Abu) region.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical—guarding the senses and maintaining discipline.
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