Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72
धिङ्मां दुरिंद्रियासक्तां पापां स्मरविमोहिताम् । अल्पस्य यत्सुखस्यार्थे घोरां यास्यामि दुर्गतिम्
dhiṅmāṃ duriṃdriyāsaktāṃ pāpāṃ smaravimohitām | alpasya yatsukhasyārthe ghorāṃ yāsyāmi durgatim
“ধিক্ মোৰে—পাপিনী, দুষ্ট ইন্দ্ৰিয়াসক্ত, কামমোহে বিভ্ৰান্ত! অলপ সুখৰ বাবে মই ভয়ংকৰ দুৰ্গতিলৈ যাব লাগিব।”
The woman pilgrim
Listener: Brāhmaṇapuṅgava (addressed indirectly through her speech)
Scene: A stark self-reckoning: the woman gestures in self-reproach (‘dhik mām’), with a faint mirage-like scene of sensual pleasure dissolving into a looming abyss or dark path labeled ‘durgati’; the brāhmaṇa stands as steady witness.
FAQs
Fleeting sense-pleasure can lead to lasting suffering; repentance begins with honest self-critique and resolve to change.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the repentance episode during the Gokarṇa visit.
None directly; it prepares the ground for prāyaścitta and disciplined living.