Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
अवंतीविषये कश्चिद्ब्राह्मणो मंदराह्वयः । बभूव विषयारामः स्त्रीजितो धनसंग्रही
avaṃtīviṣaye kaścidbrāhmaṇo maṃdarāhvayaḥ | babhūva viṣayārāmaḥ strījito dhanasaṃgrahī
Dans la contrée d’Avanti vivait un brāhmaṇa nommé Mandara. Il se complut dans les plaisirs des sens, vaincu par les femmes et avide d’amasser des richesses.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Āvantya (Ujjayinī-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa in Avanti, surrounded by wealth and sensual comforts, turning away from Vedic restraint; the sacred city’s distant temples/river remain as a silent backdrop.
FAQs
It warns that attachment to pleasures and greed can erode a brāhmaṇa’s dharmic conduct and inner freedom.
The verse situates the narrative in Avanti (Ujjayinī region), a major sacred landscape often associated with Śaiva holiness, though no single tirtha is named in this line.
None here; it is a character-description setting up a dharma narrative.