Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
अथ नारायणो धैर्यं संधायोदीर्णमानसः । ऊरोरुत्पादयामास वराङ्गीमबलां तदा
atha nārāyaṇo dhairyaṃ saṃdhāyodīrṇamānasaḥ | ūrorutpādayāmāsa varāṅgīmabalāṃ tadā
பின்பு நாராயணன் தைரியத்தைச் சேர்த்து, மனத்தை உறுதியான தீர்மானமாக உயர்த்தி, அச்சமயம் தன் தொடையிலிருந்து ஒரு அழகிய அங்கங்களையுடைய பெண்ணை வெளிப்படுத்தினான்।
Narrator (not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: Nārāyaṇa gathers dhairya, his mind rising into firm resolve; from his thigh he manifests a radiant, exquisitely formed woman, appearing suddenly like a living jewel, halting the momentum of Kāma and Vasanta.
FAQs
The divine is not overpowered by temptation; instead, it demonstrates mastery over mind and manifestation.
Not specified in this verse; the setting belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s larger sacred-historical narration.
None; it is a narrative event illustrating divine power and composure.