Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
परयोषित्समासक्तिरायुः कीर्ति बलं सुखम् । हरेत्स्वर्ग गतिं चापि तस्मात्तां वर्जयेत्सुधीः
parayoṣitsamāsaktirāyuḥ kīrti balaṃ sukham | haretsvarga gatiṃ cāpi tasmāttāṃ varjayetsudhīḥ
पर-स्त्री में आसक्ति आयु, कीर्ति, बल और सुख को हर लेती है; और स्वर्ग-गति को भी नष्ट कर देती है—इसलिए बुद्धिमान उसे त्याग दे।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau: a wise teacher-like figure gestures in admonition; behind, allegorical figures of Āyuḥ, Kīrti, Bala, Sukha depart from a man tempted by forbidden attachment; a dim path to svarga closes.
FAQs
Moral restraint is not merely social—misconduct depletes vitality and merit, obstructing higher destinies.
No single tīrtha is named; the teaching functions as a dharmic precondition to benefit from Kāśī’s sanctity.
A behavioral prohibition is given: avoid attachment to another’s spouse as a core niyama.