Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
स्त्रियो मूलमनर्थानां सर्वेषां प्राणिनां भुवि । तस्मात्त्याज्या सुदूरेण ताः स्वर्गस्य निरोधकाः
striyo mūlamanarthānāṃ sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ bhuvi | tasmāttyājyā sudūreṇa tāḥ svargasya nirodhakāḥ
ભૂમિ પર સર્વ પ્રાણીઓના અનર્થનું મૂળ સ્ત્રીઓ કહેવાય છે; તેથી તેમને બહુ દૂરથી ત્યજવા, કારણ કે તેઓ સ્વર્ગમાર્ગને રોકનાર કહેવાય છે.
Unspecified (narrative voice prior to explicit 'Sūta uvāca')
Scene: A preacher-sage addressing pilgrims at a riverbank; behind him, a symbolic gate labeled ‘svarga’ partially veiled by a dark cloud of ‘moha/saṅga’, indicating obstruction through attachment.
FAQs
It frames sense-attachment as a hindrance to svarga and urges restraint and vigilance in conduct.
This verse functions as moral framing within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow; no specific tīrtha is named in the verse itself.
None explicitly; it is an ethical admonition rather than a snāna/dāna/japa instruction.
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