Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
स्नेहात्करणरागश्च प्रजज्ञे वैषयस्तथा । अश्रेयस्कावुभावतौ पूर्वस्तत्र गुरुः स्मृतः
snehātkaraṇarāgaśca prajajñe vaiṣayastathā | aśreyaskāvubhāvatau pūrvastatra guruḥ smṛtaḥ
স্নেহ (মোহ)ৰ পৰা ইন্দ্ৰিয়ৰ ৰাগ জন্মে, আৰু বিষয়-লালসাও উদ্ভৱ হয়। এই দুয়োটাই অশ্ৰেয় (অকল্যাণ)ৰ কাৰণ; আৰু ইয়াত প্ৰথমটো—স্নেহ—প্ৰধান উদ্দীপক বুলি স্মৃত।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: An allegorical scene: a human heart bound by a soft cord labeled ‘sneha’; from it radiate colored streams to the senses, turning into thorny vines of ‘viṣaya-rāga’ leading toward a dark pit labeled ‘aśreyas’.
FAQs
Attachment gives birth to sensory obsession and worldly craving; cut the root (sneha) to prevent the harmful branches.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None explicitly; it implies indriya-nigraha (sense-restraint) by addressing the source of craving.