Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 93
साध्वीः पत्नीर्द्विजेंद्राणामकामाः कामयाम्यहम् । पापमेतत्कर्म चोग्रं नश्यामि तृमवत्स्फुटम्
sādhvīḥ patnīrdvijeṃdrāṇāmakāmāḥ kāmayāmyaham | pāpametatkarma cograṃ naśyāmi tṛmavatsphuṭam
“ദ്വിജേന്ദ്രന്മാരുടെ സാധ്വിയായ പത്നിമാർ എന്നെ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നില്ല; എങ്കിലും ഞാൻ അവരെ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു. ഇത് പാപവും ഭീകരവുമായ കർമ്മം; ഞാൻ പുല്ലുപോലെ പൂർണ്ണമായി നശിക്കും.”
Agni (internal reflection rendered by the narrator)
Tirtha: Saptaṛṣi-āśrama (Himalayan)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agni stands apart from the hermitage, flames dimmed, head slightly bowed. His face shows shame and fear as he speaks a confession about desiring the sages’ chaste wives; the women remain distant, serene, untouched—emblems of pativratā purity.
FAQs
Desire that violates dharma—especially toward the spouses of the virtuous—leads to moral and spiritual ruin.
None is named in this verse; the focus is on dharma and the gravity of transgression.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse is a confession of wrongdoing and fear of karmic consequence.