Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
विश्वामित्र उवाच । नित्यं कामरतः सोस्तु दिवा सेवतु मैथुनम् । नीचकर्मरतश्चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः
viśvāmitra uvāca | nityaṃ kāmarataḥ sostu divā sevatu maithunam | nīcakarmarataścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ
Viśvāmitra dit : «Celui qui commet le bisastainya demeure sans cesse asservi au désir ; il recherche l’union charnelle même en plein jour, et s’adonne aussi à des actes vils».
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rishi-assembly (implied)
Scene: Viśvāmitra speaks with stern intensity; symbolic depiction of a man chasing sensual pleasures under the bright sun (divā), contrasted with a sacred pond and ascetics practicing restraint—showing fall from tapas to nīca-karma.
FAQs
Unchecked wrongdoing fuels further loss of restraint, drawing the mind toward compulsive desire and degrading actions.
The Prabhāsa sacred region frames the teaching; this particular verse is a moral warning within the māhātmya narrative.
No explicit ritual is stated; it is a description of karmic tendencies (vāsanā) arising from sin.