Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
न पुत्रेषु कृता लज्जा पौत्रेषु च न ते विभो । कामकारकृतं मन्ये ह्येतत्कर्म विगर्हितम्
na putreṣu kṛtā lajjā pautreṣu ca na te vibho | kāmakārakṛtaṃ manye hyetatkarma vigarhitam
No sentiste vergüenza ante tus hijos, ni siquiera ante tus nietos, oh Señor. Considero que este acto censurable se ha hecho bajo la compulsión del deseo.
Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A forceful speaker indicts a powerful elder for acting without shame before sons and grandsons; the accused appears exposed in a public setting, with younger family members present as silent witnesses.
FAQs
Restraint and modesty protect dharma; desire that ignores social and familial responsibility becomes condemnable.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra provides the sacred narrative frame where dharmic conduct is upheld and deviations are criticized.
None directly; it is a moral evaluation of conduct, framed within a ritual/assembly setting.