Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
विशाखोवाच । न शीलं न कुलं यस्य नास्ति पापकृतं भयम् । तस्य स्त्रीहनने साध्व्यो ज्ञायते जन्म कर्म च । हीनस्य पुरुषार्थेन तेन संगो निरर्थकः
viśākhovāca | na śīlaṃ na kulaṃ yasya nāsti pāpakṛtaṃ bhayam | tasya strīhanane sādhvyo jñāyate janma karma ca | hīnasya puruṣārthena tena saṃgo nirarthakaḥ
قالت فيشاخا: من لا خُلُق له ولا نسب كريم، ولا يخاف من الآثام التي اقترفها—فبـ«قتله» للنساء (إذ يميت حياتهن بالفراق)، أيتها العفيفات، يُعرَف مولده وأفعاله. ومع رجل ساقط لا يطلب إلا غرضه، تكون المخالطة بلا جدوى.
Viśākhā
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: sādhvyaḥ (virtuous women) / Uddhava as contextual addressee in the episode
Scene: A circle of anguished, virtuous women speaking with moral severity, condemning a man devoid of conduct; the sea-breeze of Dvārakā and distant temple silhouettes frame their lament.
FAQs
The verse uses dharma categories (śīla, kula, fear of sin) to voice the pain of abandonment; it shows how moral language can be invoked amid intense devotion and grief.
Dvārakā-māhātmya provides the sacred frame, linking the dialogue to the holiness of Dvārakā even when the verse is primarily ethical.
None; it is moral evaluation within a narrative exchange.