Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
परस्त्रीं च परान्नं च गच्छन्संदंशमेति च । दिवास्वप्नपरा ये व्रतलोपपराश्च ये
parastrīṃ ca parānnaṃ ca gacchansaṃdaṃśameti ca | divāsvapnaparā ye vratalopaparāśca ye
مَن يسعى وراء زوجة غيره وطعام غيره يذهب إلى سَمْدَمْشَ (Saṃdaṃśa). والذين أدمنوا نوم النهار، والذين يواظبون على نقض النذور المقدّسة (vrata)، يلقون كذلك هذا الهبوط.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Saṃdaṃśa (narka)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/Devotees
Scene: A man reaches toward another’s wife and another’s meal; nearby, figures sleep in daylight while a neglected vow-fire/altar lies cold; in the distance, Saṃdaṃśa appears as a symbolic crushing/biting mechanism (without gore).
FAQs
Self-control—sexual restraint, non-appropriation of others’ goods, and steadfastness in vows—is central to dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a moral warning framed through naraka doctrine.
The verse implicitly upholds vrata-observance (not violating vows), but gives no specific ritual procedure.