Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
दासी वेश्याभुजंगेषु वृषलीषु नटीषु च । रजस्वलासु कन्यासु विधवासु च संगमः
dāsī veśyābhujaṃgeṣu vṛṣalīṣu naṭīṣu ca | rajasvalāsu kanyāsu vidhavāsu ca saṃgamaḥ
ദാസി, വേശ്യ, പതിതസംഗമുള്ള സ്ത്രീ, നീചകുലസ്ത്രീ, നടി; കൂടാതെ രജസ്വല, കന്യ, വിധവ എന്നിവരോടുള്ള സംഗമം—ഇത് പാപാചാരം.
Deductive attribution: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Scene: An allegorical scene: a pilgrim at a crossroads faces temptations personified; a sage points toward a luminous path of restraint while shadow-figures represent prohibited liaisons; the emphasis is moral choice, not erotic display.
FAQs
The passage frames sexual restraint and socially regulated conduct as part of dharma safeguarding purity and spiritual progress.
No tīrtha is mentioned; it is a conduct-oriented enumeration.
No positive rite is prescribed; it lists prohibited conduct within a broader purification discourse.