Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
ततो वनेषु चित्रेषु निम्नगापुलिनेषु च । रेमे सह तया भैमिर्मंदोदर्येव रावणः
tato vaneṣu citreṣu nimnagāpulineṣu ca | reme saha tayā bhaimirmaṃdodaryeva rāvaṇaḥ
其后，在可喜的林苑之中、在江河沙岸之畔，婆伊弥与她嬉游作乐——如罗波那与曼陀多梨一般。
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A couple sporting in a lush, variegated forest beside pale sandbanks of a flowing river; playful movement, flowering trees, birds, and rippling water; the simile evokes regal, intense conjugal enjoyment.
FAQs
Even worldly enjoyment is depicted within the ordered frame of companionship and place—nature becoming a stage for narrative dharma.
No named tīrtha; the verse evokes sacred landscape motifs—forests and river-banks—common to Purāṇic sacred geography.
None.
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