अथ दूरं गतौ क्वापि वने द्विजनृपात्मजौ । गन्धर्वकन्याः क्रीडंती शतशस्तावपश्यताम्
atha dūraṃ gatau kvāpi vane dvijanṛpātmajau | gandharvakanyāḥ krīḍaṃtī śataśastāvapaśyatām
پھر بہت دور کسی جنگل کے ایک مقام پر جا کر، برہمن کے بیٹے اور راجکمار کے بیٹے نے وہاں سینکڑوں گندھرو کنیاؤں کو کھیلتی ہوئی دیکھا۔
Narrator (context not explicit in snippet; within Skanda Purāṇa narrative frame)
Scene: Two youths—one brāhmaṇa’s son and one prince’s son—stand at the edge of a deep forest clearing, beholding hundreds of gandharva maidens playing and moving in graceful groups amid trees and flowering shrubs.
It introduces a temptation-like encounter that sets the stage for teaching self-restraint and dharmic conduct.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative scene set in a forest.
None in this verse; it is descriptive narration.