Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
गंभीरनाभिः सुश्रोणी पीनश्रोणिपयोधरा । पूर्णचन्द्रमुखी सा तु गूढगुल्फा सितानना
gaṃbhīranābhiḥ suśroṇī pīnaśroṇipayodharā | pūrṇacandramukhī sā tu gūḍhagulphā sitānanā
اس کی ناف گہری تھی، کمر اور کولہے دلکش تھے؛ کولہے اور پستان بھرپور تھے۔ اس کا چہرہ پورے چاند کی طرح دمکتا تھا؛ اس کے ٹخنے خوش تراش تھے اور چہرہ گورا و تابناک تھا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Continuation of the classical beauty catalogue: deep navel, graceful hips, full breasts, full-moon face, well-formed ankles, radiant fairness—an idealized feminine iconography.
FAQs
It sets the narrative foundation by describing extraordinary beauty that becomes a catalyst for moral testing and later purification through tīrtha and Śiva-worship.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the overarching sacred landscape being glorified in this adhyāya’s Brahmeśvara-māhātmya.
None in this verse; it is descriptive, preparing for the later tīrtha-snāna and liṅga-darśana instructions.