Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
अथापश्यद्वने तस्मि न्परिपक्वफलानि सः । प्रणयात्प्रतिजग्राह मत्वा भ्रातुर्नृपाऽश्रमम्
athāpaśyadvane tasmi nparipakvaphalāni saḥ | praṇayātpratijagrāha matvā bhrāturnṛpā'śramam
പിന്നീട് ആ വനത്തിൽ അവൻ പാകമായ ഫലങ്ങൾ കണ്ടു. ‘ഇത് എന്റെ സഹോദരന്റെ രാജാശ്രമം’ എന്നു കരുതി സ്നേഹവശാൽ അവൻ അവ എടുത്തു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Likhitāśrama-vana (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: In a fruit-laden grove near the hermitage, Śaṅkha reaches for ripe fruits, his face showing affectionate ease rather than malice—an ordinary act turning into a moral fault.
FAQs
Even actions done in affection can become adharma if they violate rightful ownership and restraint.
The verse is within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but this line itself does not name the site.
No explicit ritual; the focus is on conduct (ācāra) and moral discernment.