Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
रक्तो मूढश्च लोकोयमकार्ये संप्रवर्तते । तत्रात्मानं न जानाति न परं न च दैवतम्
rakto mūḍhaśca lokoyamakārye saṃpravartate | tatrātmānaṃ na jānāti na paraṃ na ca daivatam
هذا العالمُ—مُلطَّخٌ بالشهوةِ ومُضلَّلٌ بالوهم—يُسارِعُ إلى ما لا ينبغي فعله. هناك لا يعرفُ الذاتَ، ولا الأعلى، ولا حتى الألوهية.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A crowded world-scene rushing toward forbidden acts—figures tinted red with passion, eyes clouded; in the foreground a lone seeker stands still, pointing inward to the heart and upward to the Divine, contrasting ignorance and awakening.
FAQs
Passion and delusion drive adharma and obscure knowledge of Self and God.
None; it is a moral-spiritual observation about worldly behavior.
No explicit ritual; the verse urges dharmic restraint and spiritual inquiry by implication.