Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
तेनैकं वदनं मुक्त्वा तस्या वस्त्रावगुंठितम् । वीक्षिताऽतिस्मरार्तेन यथा कश्चिन्न बुद्ध्यते
tenaikaṃ vadanaṃ muktvā tasyā vastrāvaguṃṭhitam | vīkṣitā'tismarārtena yathā kaścinna buddhyate
तेनाभिप्रायेण तस्या वस्त्रावगुण्ठितं शरीरं मुक्त्वा, केवलं वदनमेव प्रकाशयन्। अतिस्मरार्तः स तां वीक्षितवान्, यथा कश्चिन्न बुद्ध्यते॥
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Satī remains mostly veiled; only her face is left uncovered. Brahmā, overwhelmed by passion, stares with a fixed, unthinking gaze; the contrast between veil (modesty) and gaze (transgression) dominates the scene.
FAQs
Intense kāma overwhelms buddhi (discernment); spiritual life requires guarding the mind and senses.
Not stated in the verse; it forms part of a broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative context.
None directly; the verse is descriptive, illustrating the mental consequences of desire.