Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
नग्नां तां क्रीडतीं वीक्ष्य यतिर्मदनपूरितः । दैवाग्निभ्रंशितो मार्गात्सहसा च विमोहितः
nagnāṃ tāṃ krīḍatīṃ vīkṣya yatirmadanapūritaḥ | daivāgnibhraṃśito mārgātsahasā ca vimohitaḥ
તેને નિર્વસ્ત્ર થઈ જળક્રીડા કરતી જોઈ યતિ કામથી ભરાઈ ગયો. જાણે દૈવાગ્નિએ માર્ગ પરથી ખસેડ્યો હોય તેમ, તે અચાનક મોહમાં પડી ગયો.
Vasiṣṭha (continuing the narrative)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī-tīra)
Type: ghat
Listener: Dilīpa
Scene: The ascetic, upon seeing the nude woman playing in the water, is struck by sudden desire; his posture shifts from composed meditation to startled agitation, as if a fiery fate knocks him off the path into delusion.
FAQs
Even advanced practitioners must guard the senses; a single lapse of attention can lead to moha and a fall from discipline.
The larger story is set in Kāśī, though this verse focuses on the ascetic’s inner struggle rather than the site’s merit.
None; it implicitly stresses brahmacarya/self-restraint as a lived discipline.