Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63
न देवी नापि गंधर्वी नासुरी न च मानुषी । तादृग्रूपा मया दृष्टा न श्रुता च वरांगना
na devī nāpi gaṃdharvī nāsurī na ca mānuṣī | tādṛgrūpā mayā dṛṣṭā na śrutā ca varāṃganā
Nàng chẳng phải nữ thần, chẳng phải tiên nữ Gandharva, chẳng phải Asurī, cũng chẳng phải người phàm. Ôi người đẹp tay chân thon thả! Dáng hình như thế, ta chưa từng thấy, cũng chưa từng nghe nói.
Nārada (as recalled/reported within Pulastya’s narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed interlocutor (dānavśārdūla) implied
Scene: The speaker, astonished, mentally cycles through celestial categories—deity, gandharvī, asurī, human—yet the woman’s presence exceeds them all; the scene emphasizes her unplaceable aura.
FAQs
It warns that extraordinary allure can destabilize the mind; vigilance is required to protect tapas and self-restraint.
The passage belongs to the Arbuda Khaṇḍa within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, associated with the sacred Arbuda (Mount Abu) region.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical—guarding the senses and maintaining discipline.