Skandapurana 2.1.4.39.3

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