Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
विशेषेण च नारीभिरत्र न श्रद्दधाम्यहम् । अवश्यं यौवनस्थेन तिर्यग्योनिगतेन च
viśeṣeṇa ca nārībhiratra na śraddadhāmyaham | avaśyaṃ yauvanasthena tiryagyonigatena ca
“আৰু এই বিষয়ত, বিশেষকৈ নাৰীৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত মই বিশ্বাস কৰিব নোৱাৰোঁ। কিয়নো যৌৱনত স্থিত—যদিও তিৰ্যক যোনিত জন্ম—জীৱ অৱশ্যম্ভাৱীভাৱে কামবেগে চালিত হয়।”
Garuḍa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Puruṣottama (Viṣṇu as addressee)
Scene: Garuḍa, in a skeptical tone, remarks on the difficulty of believing in restraint amid youth and instinct, extending the point to ‘tiryag-yoni’ (animal births) as an analogy for compulsion.
FAQs
The verse sets up the teaching that true brahmacarya is rare—making the later praise of an accomplished vow-holder even more significant.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it functions as a lead-in to the saint’s extraordinary merit within the chapter.
None; it is a statement about perceived human tendencies and the challenge of restraint.