Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
स रेमे सह रोहिण्या अस्माकमसुखप्रदः । अस्माकं दुःखदग्धानां श्रेयोऽतो मरणं भवेत्
sa reme saha rohiṇyā asmākamasukhapradaḥ | asmākaṃ duḥkhadagdhānāṃ śreyo'to maraṇaṃ bhavet
അവൻ രോഹിണിയോടൊപ്പം വിഹരിച്ചു, ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് മാത്രം ദുഃഖമേ നൽകി. ശോകാഗ്നിയിൽ ദഗ്ധരായ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ഇതിലുപരി മരണമേ ശ്രേയസ്കരം.
Dakṣa’s daughters (the neglected wives of Soma)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of sorrow-stricken lunar wives (the neglected daughters) lament as Soma sports with Rohiṇī; their faces are tearful, bodies droop, and the moon’s cool light contrasts with their inner burning grief.
FAQs
Adharma in intimate duties can inflict profound harm; the Purāṇa underscores compassion and equal regard as dharmic necessities.
The larger section praises Prabhāsakṣetra by embedding cosmic events and moral causality within its sacred geography.
No explicit ritual; the verse expresses the extremity of suffering to motivate dharmic correction.