Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
योऽभिवांछति भोक्तुं वै दुःखान्येकांततो जनः । पापात्पापतरं तं हि प्रवदंति मुमुक्षवः
yo'bhivāṃchati bhoktuṃ vai duḥkhānyekāṃtato janaḥ | pāpātpāpataraṃ taṃ hi pravadaṃti mumukṣavaḥ
「ただ苦しみだけを真に『味わおう』と望む者――そのような者を、解脱を求める人々は、罪そのものよりもなお罪深いと言う。」
Unnamed ṛṣi (contextual speaker within the narrative; later Śiva speaks at v.24)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sage speaks with firm moral force; his gesture is admonitory, not angry—like a compassionate warrior of dharma. Fishermen or bystanders appear chastened; the sea and nets frame the ethical confrontation.
FAQs
Delighting in suffering (one’s own or others’) is condemned; liberation-minded people uphold compassion as higher dharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the narrative setting; its māhātmya frames ethical purification alongside pilgrimage.
None explicitly; the emphasis is ethical—renouncing cruel intention and cultivating a mokṣa-aligned mind.
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