Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
स चापि भगवाच्छंभुस्तासां सरति प्राङ्मुखः । भ्रांतस्तत्राश्रमे तेषां दारान्कामेन पीडयन्
sa cāpi bhagavācchaṃbhustāsāṃ sarati prāṅmukhaḥ | bhrāṃtastatrāśrame teṣāṃ dārānkāmena pīḍayan
Sang Bhagavān Śambhu itu pun bergerak di hadapan mereka dengan wajah menghadap timur. Mengembara di pertapaan itu, ia mengguncang para istri mereka oleh dorongan kāma (nafsu).
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (Arbudācala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: rājarṣi (royal seer)
Scene: In a forest hermitage on Arbuda, Śambhu, disguised and facing east, moves among the sages’ dwellings; the wives appear inwardly stirred, while the ascetics look on in confusion.
FAQs
Purāṇic narration distinguishes the Lord’s transcendence from the stirring of desire in beings, using story to teach discernment and self-control.
The immediate sacred setting is the Vālakhilya-āśrama, treated as a holy landscape within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa frame.
None.