Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86
यावत्त्रस्तमृगीदृष्टिं चपलां न विलोकयेत् । तावन्माता पिता तावद्धाता तावत्ससुहृज्जनः
yāvattrastamṛgīdṛṣṭiṃ capalāṃ na vilokayet | tāvanmātā pitā tāvaddhātā tāvatsasuhṛjjanaḥ
ما دام المرء لا يُلقي بصره إلى النظرة القلِقة الشبيهة بنظرة الظبي التي تُزلزل القلب، تبقى الأمّ والأبّ حِصنين صادقين؛ وتبقى العناية الإلهية (الخالق) مُعينة؛ ويبقى الأصدقاء المخلصون وأهل الودّ ثابتين.
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative moral tableau: a restrained ascetic/householder averts his eyes from a fleeting deer-like glance; behind him stand symbolic figures—mother, father, a radiant ‘Dhātā’ (Providence), and loyal friends—forming a protective circle.
FAQs
Sense-restraint protects one’s life, reputation, and support-system; uncontrolled fascination destabilizes dharma.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it forms part of Dharmāraṇya’s broader dharma-instruction context.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the instruction is ethical—guarding the eyes and mind.