Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 8
Pūru-vaṁśa, Duṣmanta–Śakuntalā, and the Rise of Mahārāja Bharata
दुष्मन्तो मृगयां यात: कण्वाश्रमपदं गत: । तत्रासीनां स्वप्रभया मण्डयन्तीं रमामिव ॥ ८ ॥ विलोक्य सद्यो मुमुहे देवमायामिव स्त्रियम् । बभाषे तां वरारोहां भटै: कतिपयैर्वृत: ॥ ९ ॥
duṣmanto mṛgayāṁ yātaḥ kaṇvāśrama-padaṁ gataḥ tatrāsīnāṁ sva-prabhayā maṇḍayantīṁ ramām iva
有一次，杜什曼陀王入林狩猎，疲惫不堪，便来到迦ṇ婆牟尼的住处。其间他见到一位绝世佳人，宛如吉祥天女拉克什米，端坐其处，以自身光辉装点并照耀整个道场。国王自然为其美貌所吸引，便在几名侍卫陪同下走近，与她交谈。
FAQs
He met her at the hermitage of sage Kaṇva, where she was seated and appeared radiant like Lakṣmī.
Because her natural radiance and beauty seemed to adorn the entire hermitage, reminiscent of Lakṣmī’s auspicious splendor.
It suggests that purity (like an āśrama) and inner radiance can reveal extraordinary grace—training us to perceive sacredness beyond external status.