Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 150
मुनिरुवाच । अमेध्यजा तस्य यथा तथा तद्रोचनं कृमेः । तथा संसारसूतस्य स्त्रीशरीरं च कामिनः
muniruvāca | amedhyajā tasya yathā tathā tadrocanaṃ kṛmeḥ | tathā saṃsārasūtasya strīśarīraṃ ca kāminaḥ
Sang resi berkata: “Sebagaimana cacing yang lahir dari kenajisan menganggap kenajisan itu sendiri menyenangkan, demikian pula pria yang dikuasai kāma, terjalin oleh benang saṃsāra, bersukacita pada tubuh wanita.”
Muni (the sage)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sage responds firmly; a symbolic thread-web of saṃsāra is shown around a human figure, while a small worm in filth mirrors the theme of conditioned liking.
FAQs
Attachment follows one’s conditioning; purification and detachment are needed to rise beyond saṃsāric habits.
The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but it functions as ethical instruction rather than naming a particular shrine or river.
No direct ritual instruction appears in this verse.
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