Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
सा समीक्ष्य तु तान्सर्वांस्तुल्यरूपधरान्स्थितान् । निश्चित्य मनसा बुद्ध्या देवि वव्रे पतिं स्वकम्
sā samīkṣya tu tānsarvāṃstulyarūpadharānsthitān | niścitya manasā buddhyā devi vavre patiṃ svakam
اس نے اُن سب کو دیکھا جو برابر صورت لیے کھڑے تھے؛ پھر اس نیک بانو نے دل و روشن فہم سے فیصلہ کر کے اپنے ہی شوہر کو چُن لیا۔
Narrator (context: Īśvara uvāca / Skanda Purāṇa narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The lady surveys a line of identical radiant figures; her face shows calm concentration; she then steps forward to garland her true husband, signaling discernment beyond appearances.
FAQs
True choice is guided by buddhi (discernment), not merely by outward appearance.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as part of the Cyavaneśvara Māhātmya narrative.
None; the focus is narrative and ethical (decision-making).