Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
इति भीतो महाक्लेशाच्चिंता लेभे दुरत्ययाम् । स्त्रियः कामेन नश्यंति ब्राह्मणा हीनसेवया
iti bhīto mahākleśācciṃtā lebhe duratyayām | striyaḥ kāmena naśyaṃti brāhmaṇā hīnasevayā
यह कहकर वह महान् क्लेश से भयभीत होकर दुस्तर चिंता में पड़ गया—“स्त्रियाँ काम से नष्ट होती हैं, और ब्राह्मण अयोग्य की सेवा करके (हीन आश्रय से) नष्ट होते हैं।”
Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A worried figure, shaken by calamity, speaks a grim maxim about lust and unworthy dependence; the atmosphere is tense, moralizing, and foreboding.
FAQs
Uncontrolled desire and unworthy dependence both lead to decline; self-restraint and discernment protect dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it functions as a general dharma/nīti statement.
None; the verse gives a moral warning rather than a rite (vrata/dāna/snānā).