Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
मद्यं न देयमत्यर्थं पुरुषेण विपश्चिता । मदोन्मत्ताः स्वभावेन पूर्वं संति यतः स्त्रियः
madyaṃ na deyamatyarthaṃ puruṣeṇa vipaścitā | madonmattāḥ svabhāvena pūrvaṃ saṃti yataḥ striyaḥ
વિવેકી પુરુષે અતિશય મધ્ય ક્યારેય આપવું ન જોઈએ; કારણ કે સ્ત્રીઓ સ્વભાવથી જ પહેલેથી મત્તતાની તરફ પ્રવણ હોય છે.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / audience
Scene: A wise counselor figure restrains a man from offering liquor; the liquor vessel is shown as a moral hazard, while the background hints at a temple/tīrtha setting.
FAQs
It urges responsible restraint and avoidance of intoxicants that destabilize conduct and dharmic order.
The larger setting is Prabhāsakṣetra; the verse itself is moral counsel embedded in the Māhātmya.
A behavioral injunction (niṣedha): do not provide/encourage excessive drinking.
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