Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
केयं च वसनैंर्हीना त्वया सार्धं गतव्यथा । प्रयच्छति निजं देहं यद्देयं नैव कस्यचित्
keyaṃ ca vasanaiṃrhīnā tvayā sārdhaṃ gatavyathā | prayacchati nijaṃ dehaṃ yaddeyaṃ naiva kasyacit
“แล้วสตรีผู้นี้เป็นผู้ใด ไร้เครื่องนุ่งห่ม แต่กลับมาพร้อมท่านโดยไร้ทุกข์—ผู้ซึ่งถวายกายของตนเอง อันเป็นทานที่ไม่ควรมอบแก่ผู้ใดโดยง่าย?”
Śiva (Trilocana) (implied from context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Citraṅgada
Scene: Śiva questions the identity of the unclothed maiden who, without distress, offers her body—an unsettling yet didactic moment; attendants watch, the atmosphere tense and revelatory.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma stresses discernment: extraordinary acts must be understood in their proper vow/karma context, not imitated blindly.
The verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but the site name is not provided in this excerpt.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse raises a dharmic question about an unusual ‘gift’ requiring contextual explanation.