Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26
एवं स्वराष्ट्रात्परराष्ट्रतश्च देशाकरग्रामपुरव्रजेभ्यः । आहृत्य नार्यो रमिता दिनेदिने भुक्वा पुनः कापि न भुज्यते मया
evaṃ svarāṣṭrātpararāṣṭrataśca deśākaragrāmapuravrajebhyaḥ | āhṛtya nāryo ramitā dinedine bhukvā punaḥ kāpi na bhujyate mayā
अशा प्रकारे स्वतःच्या राज्यातून, परक्या राज्यातून, खाणी, गावे, शहरे आणि वस्त्यांमधून स्त्रिया आणून दररोज रममाण होत असे. एकदा उपभोग घेतल्यावर माझ्याकडून तिचा पुन्हा उपभोग घेतला जात नसे.
Rākṣasa
Scene: A panoramic montage: caravans and messengers moving through mines, villages, towns; the king’s indulgence shown as repetitive cycles, with women depicted as sorrowful figures in the background to emphasize harm.
FAQs
Unchecked appetite expands endlessly, harming society widely; the Purāṇic warning is that pleasure sought through injury becomes a cause of torment.
None; the verse lists worldly places to show the breadth of wrongdoing, not pilgrimage merit.
None; it is narrative confession.