Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
दिग्वासाः सुप्रियालापस्ततस्ताः काममोहिताः । त्यक्त्वा पुत्रगृहाद्यं च सर्वास्तत्पृष्ठसंस्थिताः । बभूवुश्चानिशं राजन्मां भजस्वेति चाब्रुवन्
digvāsāḥ supriyālāpastatastāḥ kāmamohitāḥ | tyaktvā putragṛhādyaṃ ca sarvāstatpṛṣṭhasaṃsthitāḥ | babhūvuścāniśaṃ rājanmāṃ bhajasveti cābruvan
वह दिगम्बर होकर मधुर और प्रिय वचन बोलता था; तब वे स्त्रियाँ काम से मोहित हो गईं। पुत्र, घर आदि सब छोड़कर वे सब उसके पीछे-पीछे लग गईं। हे राजन्, वे निरन्तर कहती रहीं—‘मुझे भजो, मेरे साथ रमण करो’ इत्यादि।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (pārthiva)
Scene: The sages’ wives, overcome by desire, follow the ascetic figure; their sweet entreaties contrast with the sanctity of the hermitage; the king is addressed as witness to the moral unraveling.
FAQs
Kāma and moha can overpower social duty and discernment; purāṇic narration uses this to warn against uncontrolled desire.
The setting remains the Vālakhilya-āśrama; the verse itself emphasizes moral drama rather than tīrtha-phala.
None.