Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
रागाभिभूतः पुरुषः कामेन परिकृष्यते । इच्छा संजायते चास्य ततस्तृष्णा प्रवर्धते
rāgābhibhūtaḥ puruṣaḥ kāmena parikṛṣyate | icchā saṃjāyate cāsya tatastṛṣṇā pravardhate
രാഗത്താൽ അധീനനായ മനുഷ്യനെ കാമം വലിച്ചിഴയ്ക്കുന്നു. അതിൽ നിന്നു അവനിൽ ഇച്ഛ ജനിക്കുന്നു; പിന്നെ തൃഷ്ണ ക്രമേണ വർധിക്കുന്നു.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A man seized by a red figure ‘rāga’; another figure ‘kāma’ pulls him by a rope; from his mouth rises a smoke labeled ‘icchā’ that becomes a growing serpent ‘tṛṣṇā’.
FAQs
Unchecked passion becomes a chain: attachment fuels desire, which becomes craving, and finally turns into insatiable thirst.
No tīrtha is referenced; the verse provides a universal analysis of the mind’s bondage.
None explicitly; the implied practice is restraint and vigilance over desire.