Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
लंपटोहि महापाप उत्तमस्त्रीषु सर्वदा । द्यूतकारी सदा मंदः कितवैः सह संगतः
laṃpaṭohi mahāpāpa uttamastrīṣu sarvadā | dyūtakārī sadā maṃdaḥ kitavaiḥ saha saṃgataḥ
അവൻ കാമലമ്പടനും മഹാപാപിയും ആയിരുന്നു; എപ്പോഴും പരസ്ത്രീകളിൽ ലോളുപൻ. നിത്യവും ചൂതാടുന്നവൻ, മന്ദബുദ്ധി, വഞ്ചകരോടൊപ്പം സങ്കരിച്ചവൻ।
Lomaśa (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa (unnamed)
Scene: A cautionary tableau: the sinner amid gamblers and courtesan-like allure, contrasted with an implied distant vision of a serene Śiva-kṣetra—showing the fork between vice and pilgrimage.
FAQs
Adharma grows through lust, gambling, and corrupt companionship—setting the stage for why sacred places and devotion are presented as corrective forces.
Kedāra-kṣetra is the narrative frame; the moral contrast heightens the kṣetra’s later role in purification.
No explicit ritual here; it enumerates vices that dharma discourages.