Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
विलेपनानि मुख्यानि सुरभीणि तथा पुरः । पुष्पाणि च विचित्राणि ह्यन्याः सूक्ष्मांबराणि च
vilepanāni mukhyāni surabhīṇi tathā puraḥ | puṣpāṇi ca vicitrāṇi hyanyāḥ sūkṣmāṃbarāṇi ca
เบื้องหน้าได้จัดวางเครื่องทาผิวอันหอมเลิศ; พร้อมดอกไม้นานาพรรณหลากสี และอาภรณ์เนื้อละเอียดอื่น ๆ
Unspecified narrator (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A forecourt or inner hall displays fragrant unguents, heaps of multicolored flowers, and stacks of delicate garments arranged ceremonially before an awaited encounter.
FAQs
Sensory pleasures—perfumes, flowers, and fine garments—are portrayed as external temptations that set the stage for later instruction on restraint and detachment.
This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but no specific tīrtha is named within this standalone line.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse describes offerings/adornments in a narrative context.