Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5
स वेश्यां पिंगलां नाम रममाणो दिवानिशम् । तस्या एव गृहे नित्यमासीदविजितेंद्रियः
sa veśyāṃ piṃgalāṃ nāma ramamāṇo divāniśam | tasyā eva gṛhe nityamāsīdavijiteṃdriyaḥ
ಅವನು ಪಿಂಗಲಾ ಎಂಬ ವೇಶ್ಯೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಗಲು-ರಾತ್ರಿ ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು. ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ಜಯಿಸದವನು ಆಗಿ, ಸದಾ ಅವಳ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲೇ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: Inside Piṅgalā’s house: Mandara revels day and night, oblivious to dharma; the imagery emphasizes enclosure, repetition, and sensory saturation.
FAQs
Unchecked senses and obsessive attachment bind one to degradation and distance one from dharma.
No tirtha is named; the verse advances the moral storyline set in Avanti.
None explicitly; the implied discipline is indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses).