Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
चित्रांगद उवाच । न शक्नोमि महाभागे तावत्कालं प्रतीक्षितुम् । मां दहत्येष गात्रोत्थः सुमहान्कामपावकः
citrāṃgada uvāca | na śaknomi mahābhāge tāvatkālaṃ pratīkṣitum | māṃ dahatyeṣa gātrotthaḥ sumahānkāmapāvakaḥ
จิตรางคทะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ผู้มีบุญ ข้าพเจ้าไม่อาจรอคอยนานเพียงนั้นได้ ไฟแห่งกามอันยิ่งใหญ่ที่ผุดขึ้นจากกายนี้กำลังเผาผลาญข้าพเจ้า”
Citrāṅgada (Gandharva)
Listener: a maiden (kanyā) addressed as mahābhāgā/śobhanā
Scene: A noble man (Citrāṅgada) speaks urgently, body tense, eyes restless; a subtle aura of heat/flame motif around him to symbolize kāmāgni, while the setting hints at a refined, otherworldly precinct.
FAQs
Unchecked kāma is portrayed as a burning force; Purāṇic dharma repeatedly warns that desire needs restraint and right timing.
Not specified in this single verse.
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