Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
न केवलं व्रतोपेताः स्त्रीसंगात्पापमाप्नुयुः । व्रतबाह्या अपि नराः सक्ताः स्त्रीषु पतंत्यधः
na kevalaṃ vratopetāḥ strīsaṃgātpāpamāpnuyuḥ | vratabāhyā api narāḥ saktāḥ strīṣu pataṃtyadhaḥ
വ്രതധാരികൾ മാത്രമല്ല, സ്ത്രീസംഗം മൂലം പാപം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നത്; വ്രതമില്ലാത്ത പുരുഷന്മാരും സ്ത്രീകളിൽ ആസക്തരായാൽ അധോഗതിയിലേക്കു വീഴും.
Viśvāmitra (continuing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Allegorical depiction of men being pulled downward by cords of attachment while a calm ascetic points toward a higher path; contrast between descent and ascent.
FAQs
Attachment (saṅga) is depicted as the real cause of decline; the warning is broadened beyond ascetics to all people.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves as general dharma-teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
No specific rite; it prescribes vigilance against unhealthy attachment as a spiritual discipline.