Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
भ्रममाणस्य तस्याथ दृष्ट्वा रूपमनुत्तमम् । ता नार्यः कामसंतप्ता बभूवुर्व्यथितेन्द्रियाः
bhramamāṇasya tasyātha dṛṣṭvā rūpamanuttamam | tā nāryaḥ kāmasaṃtaptā babhūvurvyathitendriyāḥ
پھر جب انہوں نے اس کے گھومتے ہوئے بے مثال حسن کو دیکھا تو وہ عورتیں خواہش کی آگ میں جل اٹھیں اور حواس کے اندر سے بے قرار ہو گئیں۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Dāruka-vana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Women of the sages’ hermitage behold the roaming Śiva’s incomparable beauty and become stirred by desire, their senses inwardly unsettled—an ethical tension scene.
FAQs
Sense-agitation arises from fascination with form; the narrative points toward vigilance and self-restraint (indriya-nigraha).
The verse is part of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; the immediate scene is Dāruka Vana.
None; the verse describes a psychological and moral turning point in the story.