Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
मनसा कामयामास साऽपि तं तरुणं यतिम् । तयोश्च संगतिस्तत्र संजाता पापकर्मणोः
manasā kāmayāmāsa sā'pi taṃ taruṇaṃ yatim | tayośca saṃgatistatra saṃjātā pāpakarmaṇoḥ
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Vasiṣṭha (continuing the narrative)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A young ascetic and a woman exchange longing glances; the ‘union born of sin’ is suggested through shadowed body language rather than explicit depiction, with a distant sacred skyline hinting at Dvārakā’s purifying presence.
FAQs
Unchecked desire begins in the mind and culminates in action, producing karmic fault; inner restraint is the first safeguard of dharma.
The episode remains within the Kāśī setting introduced earlier, though this verse emphasizes moral causation rather than tīrtha praise.
None; it functions as ethical instruction on controlling mental desire (manas) to prevent pāpa.