Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
वीक्ष्यामो वदनं येन नित्यमेवेंदुसंनिभम् । कर्णाभ्यां वारिता वृद्धिर्नेत्रयोरप्यसंशयम् । नो चेज्जानीमहे नैव कियती सं भविष्यति
vīkṣyāmo vadanaṃ yena nityameveṃdusaṃnibham | karṇābhyāṃ vāritā vṛddhirnetrayorapyasaṃśayam | no cejjānīmahe naiva kiyatī saṃ bhaviṣyati
„Lasst uns jenes Antlitz schauen, das stets dem Mond gleicht. Durch die Ohren wird das Anwachsen des Begehrens gehemmt; und durch die Augen ebenso—ohne Zweifel. Sonst wissen wir gar nicht, wie groß es werden wird.“
Narrator (within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A group speaks among themselves about a moonlike face; their eyes are fixed, ears half-turned away as if resisting further provocation, conveying inner struggle between attraction and restraint.
FAQs
Unrestrained sense-contact (seeing/hearing) can magnify desire; vigilance and restraint are implied as dharmic safeguards.
This verse is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya flow in Nāgara-khaṇḍa, but no tirtha-name is explicitly stated in this shloka.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it is narrative and reflective.