Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
अज्ञाता पतिना मात्रा तथान्यैरपि बांधवैः । कृष्णपक्षं समासाद्य विजने हृष्टमानसा
ajñātā patinā mātrā tathānyairapi bāṃdhavaiḥ | kṛṣṇapakṣaṃ samāsādya vijane hṛṣṭamānasā
પતિ, માતા તથા અન્ય સગાંઓને ખબર ન પડે તેમ તે કૃષ્ણપક્ષને પસંદ કરી નિર્જન સ્થાને હર્ષિત મનથી ફરતી રહેતી હતી.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Caturāsya-āśrama tīrtha (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / sages
Scene: A moonless or thin-crescent night; the woman slips away unseen from household watch, moving toward a lonely grove near the sacred precinct, her face lit by faint starlight and desire.
FAQs
Hidden actions still bind the doer; dharma is not determined by secrecy but by truth and right conduct.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative background within a tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; the mention of kṛṣṇapakṣa is contextual (timing for secrecy), not a vrata instruction here.