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Skandapurana 2.1.4.39

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.4.39

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2.1.4.39.1

.. atha udyānavāsinyāḥ padmāvatyāḥ samīpe nāradāgamanam ..
.. dharaṇyuvāca .. ..
uktaṃ bhagavatā tasya viyatputrasya nāma ca ..
ayonijāyāstatputryāḥ kiṃ nāma ca tadā'karot..1..
.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..
iti pṛṣṭaḥ punaḥ prāha śrīvarāho jagatpatiḥ .. 2 ..
.. śrīvarāha uvāca .. ..
ākāśarājo matimāṃstāṃ dṛṣṭvā kamaleśayām .. 3 ..
padminīti ca nāmnā vai cakāra vasudhāsutām ..
tāṃ tu yauvanasampannāṃ sakhībhiḥ parivāritām .. 4 ..
ārāme viharaṃtīṃ ca śukakokilanādite ..
yadṛcchayā''gatastatra nārado munisattamaḥ .. 5 ..
vanalakṣmīmivālokya vismayādidamabravīt .. 6 ..
.. nārada uvāca .. ..
kāsi kasya sutā bhīru hastaṃ darśaya me tava ..
ityuktā sā sucārvaṃgī svātmānaṃ munaye'bravīt.. 7 ..
viyadrājasutā brahmam̐llakṣaṇāni vadasva me ..
ityuktaḥ sa tadā prāha nārado munisattamaḥ .. 8 ..
.. atha nāradodīrita padmāvatīśarīralakṣaṇāni ..
.. nāradauvāca ..
śṛṇu tvaṃ cāruvadane lakṣaṇāni vadāmi te ..
pādau pratiṣṭhitau subhru raktapadmadalānvitau .. 9 ..
pādāṃgulyaḥ samā raktā raktatuṃganakhānvitāḥ ..
gulphau gūḍhau samāvetau jaṃghe cāromaśe śubhe .. 2.1.4.10 ..
jānunī samasusnigdhe samāvūrū kramādurū ..
nitaṃbau pṛthulau pīnau jaghanaṃ ciṃtyameva hi .. 11 ..
nābhirmaṃḍalavānnimnaḥ pārśvau te medurāvubhau ..
trivalīlalitaṃ madhyaṃ romarājivirājitam .. 12 ..
stanau pīnau ghanau snigdhābunnatau magnacūcukau ..
karau te raktapadmābhau padmarekhāsamanvitau ..
susūkṣmau raktasatparva nirantarasamāṃgulī .. 13 ..
śukatuṃḍasamākāranakhapaṃktivirājitau ..

Now follows the arrival of Nārada near Padmāvatī who dwells in the garden:
The Earth said: / The name of the son of Ākāśarāja was spoken by the Lord. / What name did he then give to his daughter who was not born from a womb? // 1
Śrī Sūta said: / Thus asked, Śrī Varāha, the Lord of the universe, spoke again: // 2
Śrī Varāha said: / Wise King Ākāśarāja, seeing her lying on a lotus, // 3
gave that daughter of the earth the name Padminī. / Now, when she had attained youth and was surrounded by her female friends, // 4
sporting in a pleasure-grove echoing with parrots and cuckoos, / Nārada, the best of sages, arrived there by chance. // 5
Beholding her like the goddess of the forest, he spoke thus in wonder: // 6
Nārada said: / "Who are you, timid maiden? Whose daughter are you? Show me your hand." / Addressed thus, she of most charming limbs revealed herself to the sage: // 7
"O brahmin, I am the daughter of King Ākāśarāja; tell me my auspicious marks." / Spoken to in this way, Nārada, the best of sages, then replied: // 8
Now the marks of Padmāvatī's body as described by Nārada:
Nārada said: / "Listen, fair-faced one! I shall declare your bodily marks to you. / O lady with lovely eyebrows, your feet are firm, endowed with petals of red lotuses. // 9
Your toes are even, red, and endowed with red, elevated nails. / Your ankles are concealed and symmetrical; your shanks are hairless and auspicious. // 10
Your knees are even and very smooth; your thighs are even and gradually broad. / Your buttocks are wide and plump; your hips are indeed worthy of meditation! // 11
Your navel is circular and deep; both your flanks are plump. / Your waist is delicate with three folds and adorned with a line of hair. // 12
Your breasts are plump, firm, smooth, elevated, and have recessed nipples. / Your hands resemble red lotuses, endowed with lotus lines,
extremely delicate, with reddish joints and unbroken, even fingers, // 13
adorned with a row of nails having the form of a parrot's beak.

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2.1.4.39.2

dīrghau ca komalau bhadre bhujau te puṣpadaṃḍavat .. 14 ..
pṛṣṭhaṃ te vedivadbhāti vilagnamṛju madhyamam ..
kaṃṭhastu rakto dīrghaśca skandhau cāvanatau śubhe .. 15 ..
mukhaṃ prasannaṃ satatamakalaṃkaśaśiprabham ..
kapolau kanakādarśasadṛśau kuṃḍalojjvalau .. 16 ..
tilapuṣpasamākārā nāsikā te śubhānane ..
akalaṃkāṣṭamīcaṃdrasadṛśo'timanoharaḥ .. 17..
dṛśyate'yaṃ lalāṭaste nīlālakasuśobhitaḥ ..
mūrdhā te samavṛttaśca snigdhāyatakacānvitaḥ .. 18 ..
smitasaṃśobhidaśanaṃ biṃbādharasamanvitam ..
mukhaṃ te viṣṇuyogyaṃ syāditi me niścitā matiḥ ..19..
nābhiste dakṣiṇāvarta āvarta iva gāṃgajaḥ ..
tvaṃ hi kṣīrābdhisambhūtā lakṣmīriva hi dṛśyase .. 2.1.4.20 ..
.. śrīvarāha uvāca ..
ityuktvā pūjitastābhirnārado'ntardadhe tadā ..
etacchrutvā'tha tatsakhyastāmūcuḥ padminīṃ sakhīm ..21..
atha padmāvatyāḥ svasakhībhiḥ sākaṃ puṣpāṭavī gamanam .. ..
vanaṃ gacchāma puṣpārthaṃ vasantaḥ samupāgataḥ ..
karṇikārāśca cūtāśca caṃpakāḥ pāribhadrakāḥ ..22..
palāśāḥ pāṭalāḥ kundā raktāśokāśca puṣpitāḥ..
padminyaḥ sindhuvārāśca mālatyo yūthikālatāḥ..23..
kahlārakaravīrāśca saṃgharṣādiva puṣpitāḥ ..
puṣpāvacayanaṃ kurmo vane'sminsumanohare ..24..
ityuktvā tā vanaṃ jagmurākāśatanayāyutāḥ ..
puṣpāṇyāharamāṇāstu vicarantyastatastataḥ .. 25 ..
kaṃcidgajeṃdraṃ dadṛśuḥ śubhradantadvayojjvalam ..
gaṇḍabhittitalodbhūtamadadhārādvayojjvalam..26..
unnataṃ kariṇīyūthaiḥ samupetaṃ rajojjvalam ..
phūtkāripuṣkaraprodyacchīkarāpūritānanam.. 27 ..
dṛṣṭvā codvignahṛdayā vanaspatimupāśritāḥ ..

Long and tender, O auspicious lady, are your arms like stems of flowers. // 14
Your back shines like an altar, slender and straight in the middle. / Your neck is red and long, and your shoulders are sloping, O auspicious one! // 15
Your face is ever cheerful, with the luster of the spotless moon. / Your cheeks resemble mirrors of gold, radiant with earrings. // 16
Your nose has the form of a sesamum blossom, O fair-faced maiden! / Extremely enchanting, resembling the spotless eighth-day moon, // 17
this forehead of yours is seen, richly adorned with dark locks of hair. / Your head is evenly rounded and endowed with glossy, long hair. // 18
Your mouth possesses teeth that shine with a smile and is endowed with bimba-like lips. / Your face is worthy of Viṣṇu: this is my settled judgment. // 19
Your navel turns clockwise like a whirlpool born in the Gaṅgā. / Indeed, you appear just like Lakṣmī arisen from the ocean of milk!" // 20
Śrī Varāha said: / Having spoken thus, worshipped by them, Nārada then disappeared. / Hearing this, her female companions said to their friend Padminī: // 21
Now Padmāvatī's departure to the flower-forest with her companions:
"Let us go to the forest for flowers; springtime has arrived! / Karṇikāras, mangos, campakas, and coral trees; // 22
palāśas, pāṭalas, kundas, and red aśokas have blossomed! / Lotuses, sindhuvāras, mālatīs, and yūthikā creepers, // 23
kahlāras and karavīras have blossomed as if in mutual rivalry! / Let us gather flowers in this delightful forest!" // 24
Having said this, they went to the forest together with the daughter of Ākāśarāja. / Gathering flowers and wandering here and there, // 25
they saw a king of elephants shining with two white tusks, / lustrous with two streams of rut emerging from the slope of his temples, // 26
lofty, accompanied by herds of female elephants, shining with dust, / his face covered with fine spray issuing from his blowing trunk. // 27
Seeing him, with agitated hearts, they took refuge near a large tree.

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2.1.4.39.3

etasminnaṃtare cāśu dadṛśurhayamuttamam..28..
atha mṛgayārthaṃ puṣpāṭavīṃ prati śrīnivāsāgamanam..
akalaṃkendudhavalaṃ jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtam ..
sphuradvidyullatāyuktaśaranmeghamivonnatam .. 29 ..
tasmiṃstu puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ madanākāravarcasam..
puṃḍarīkadalākārakarṇāntāyatalocanam .. 2.1.4.30 ..
susūkṣmakṣaumasaṃvītanīlacūlikayojjvalam ..
padmarāgamaṇidyotisphuratkuṃḍalamaṇḍitam .. 31 ..
suvarṇaratnakhacitaśārṅgadivyadhanurdharam ..
apareṇa kareṇaiva vahantaṃ kāñcanaṃ śaram ..32..
pītakakṣomasaṃvītakaṭideśaṃ sumadhyamam ..
ratnakaṃkaṇakeyūrakaṭisūtravirājitama..33..
viśālavakṣaḥ saṃśobhidakṣiṇāvartasaṃyutam ..
svarṇayajñopavītena sphuratskandhaṃ manoharam..34..
īhāmṛgaṃ samuddiśya mahāvegādanudrutam ..
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitā nāryaḥ sasmitāstasthuratra vai ..35..
taṃ dṛṣṭvā hayamārūḍhaṃ gajendro namramastakaḥ ..
tuṇḍamuddhṛtya garjanvai vinirvṛtya yayau vanam ..36..
tasmingate gaje tatra hayārūḍhaḥ samāyayau ..
īhāmṛgaṃ vicinvānaḥ puṣpalāvīsamīpataḥ..37..
.. atha bhagavataḥ kanyakānāṃ cānyonyasaṃvādaḥ.. ..
tāḥ sametya sa covāca turagopari saṃsthitaḥ..
atrāgato mṛgaḥ kaścidīhāmṛga itīritaḥ ..38..
dṛṣṭo vā bhavatībhiḥ sa brūta me kanyakā iti ..39.

And in this interval, they quickly beheld an excellent horse, // 28
— Now the arrival of Śrīnivāsa at the flower-forest for the hunt — / white as a spotless moon, adorned with gold, / lofty like an autumn cloud endowed with a flashing streak of lightning. // 29
Upon it [rode] a dark person, possessing the radiant beauty of the god of love, / his eyes reaching up to his ears, shaped like lotus petals, // 30
resplendent with a dark topknot wrapped in extremely fine silk, / adorned with radiant earrings shining with ruby gems, // 31
bearing the divine bow Śārṅga inlaid with gold and jewels, / holding a golden arrow in his other hand, // 32
with his waist wrapped in a yellow silk cloth, having a slender waist, / adorned with jeweled bracelets, armlets, and a girdle, // 33
endowed with a clockwise curl shining upon his broad chest, / charming with shoulders gleaming with a sacred thread of gold, // 34
pursuing an elusive deer at great speed. / Seeing him, the women stood there filled with wonder, smiling. // 35
Seeing him mounted on the horse, the lord of elephants bowed his head, / raised his trunk, roared, turned around, and went into the forest. // 36
When that elephant was gone, the rider on the horse arrived there / searching for the elusive deer near the flower-gatherers. // 37
Now the conversation between the Lord and the maidens:
Approaching them, seated upon the horse, he said: / "A certain deer, spoken of as an elusive deer, came here. // 38
Was it seen by you? Tell me, O maidens!" // 39

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