Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
पौंश्चल्यादतिचापल्यादज्ञानाच्च स्वभावतः । रक्षिता यत्नतो ह्येता विकुर्वंति हि भर्तृषु
pauṃścalyādaticāpalyādajñānācca svabhāvataḥ | rakṣitā yatnato hyetā vikurvaṃti hi bhartṛṣu
«Par légèreté, par trop grande inconstance et par ignorance née de leur nature, même gardées avec soin, ces femmes agissent avec caprice envers leurs époux.»
Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) (quoting/recalling traditional verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa and Nārada as immediate participants; broader audience of the kathā
Scene: A didactic recitation: a brāhmaṇa singer-figure enumerates causes (wantonness, fickleness, ignorance) while listeners react—some doubtful, some stern—under a coastal pavilion near the sacred precinct.
FAQs
Household life demands vigilance and discernment; uncontrolled tendencies and ignorance disrupt fidelity and harmony.
The chapter sits within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; this particular verse is ethical/proverbial rather than site-descriptive.
None; it is a moral observation framed as a remembered saying.