Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
न बन्धमनुवर्त्तामः सृष्टिरूपं दुरासदम् । इत्युक्त्वा ते ययुः सर्वे सनकाद्या कुमारकाः
na bandhamanuvarttāmaḥ sṛṣṭirūpaṃ durāsadam | ityuktvā te yayuḥ sarve sanakādyā kumārakāḥ
“We shall not follow the bondage that arises from the form of creation, so hard to transcend.” Having spoken thus, all the youthful sages, beginning with Sanaka, departed.
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Kumāras, serene and resolute, decline the path of creation-bound bondage and depart together, leaving Brahmā’s court; their faces show peace, not rebellion.
FAQs
Liberation-oriented discernment can reject worldly entanglement; the highest duty is to seek the Supreme.
Not directly; it advances the narrative chain that culminates in the Gomātī tīrtha’s origin and praise.
None; it conveys a renunciant stance (vairāgya) rather than a ritual act.