Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
यथा शृंगं रुरोः काये वर्द्धमाने हि वर्द्धते । अनंतपारा दुर्वारा तृष्णा दुःखप्रदा सदा । अधर्मबहुला चैव तस्मात्तां परिवर्जयेत्
yathā śṛṃgaṃ ruroḥ kāye varddhamāne hi varddhate | anaṃtapārā durvārā tṛṣṇā duḥkhapradā sadā | adharmabahulā caiva tasmāttāṃ parivarjayet
Así como el cuerno del ciervo crece a medida que crece su cuerpo, así la codicia crece con la vida. La sed del deseo no tiene orilla, es difícil de contener y siempre da sufrimiento; abunda en adharma—por eso debe abandonarse.
Bharadvāja (continuing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A deer with a growing horn symbolizes expanding craving; the horn becomes a spiraling, shoreless wave encircling a human figure. A sage cuts the spiral with a sword of viveka; Somnātha’s shrine stands steady behind.
FAQs
Craving expands unchecked, breeds adharma, and produces suffering; liberation requires abandoning it.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the Māhātmya teaches that the true fruit of sacred places is mastery over desire.
No ritual act is specified; it prescribes inner restraint and renunciation of tṛṣṇā.