Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तावद्यावत्स्थितः कालः शयनीयसमुद्भवः । मन्मथोत्साहसं युक्ताः पुलकेन समन्विताः
tāvadyāvatsthitaḥ kālaḥ śayanīyasamudbhavaḥ | manmathotsāhasaṃ yuktāḥ pulakena samanvitāḥ
جب تک بسترِ لذت سے اٹھا ہوا وہ وقت قائم رہا، وہ کام دیو کے جوش سے بھرے رہے اور بدن میں لرزہ و رومانچ ساتھ تھا۔
Unspecified narrator (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: An intimate chamber scene suggested rather than explicit: the ‘time born of the couch’ passes; figures are shown with goosebumps and heightened emotion, emphasizing fleeting intensity.
FAQs
Passion is depicted as a powerful, time-bound state; the larger narrative typically uses such scenes to highlight the instability of sense-driven happiness.
No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse itself, though it belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya context.
None; the verse is descriptive, not prescriptive.
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