Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
नैवंविधं रतं वेद अनया यद्विनिर्मितम् । वेश्या अपि न जानंति रतमीदृक्कथञ्चन
naivaṃvidhaṃ rataṃ veda anayā yadvinirmitam | veśyā api na jānaṃti ratamīdṛkkathañcana
அவள் அமைத்ததுபோன்ற இவ்வகை ரதி யாருக்கும் அறியாது; பரத்தையரும் கூட எவ்விதத்திலும் இப்படிப் பட்ட இன்பத்தை அறியார்।
Narrator (within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: Narrator’s emphasis on the ‘unbelievable’ erotic contrivance; the scene can be rendered symbolically—Kāma’s arrows, a veil of illusion—rather than explicit depiction.
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