Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 146
नवयौवनसंयुक्ता भार्या तस्य मनोहरा । प्रौढवाक्या सुशीला च पीनोन्नतपयोधरा
navayauvanasaṃyuktā bhāryā tasya manoharā | prauḍhavākyā suśīlā ca pīnonnatapayodharā
அவனுடைய மனைவி மனோகரி—புதிய யௌவனத்துடன், பேச்சில் முதிர்ச்சி உடையவள், நல்லொழுக்கமுடையவள், நிறைந்த உயர்ந்த மார்பகங்களுடன் அழகுற அமைந்தவள்।
Śiva (continuing the narration to Pārvatī)
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Portrait-like description of the Gandharva’s wife: youthful, captivating, eloquent, virtuous, and voluptuously graceful—an auspicious heroine introduction.
FAQs
The verse sets narrative context: worldly beauty and refinement are depicted as part of celestial-life, preparing for a dharmic turning point in the story.
The setting remains Svayaṃprabhā, a divine city within the Purāṇic sacred geography.
None; this is character-description within the itihāsa framework.