Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
कामक्रोधमहामोहलोभादि निशितैः शरैः । घ्नंति तेषां मनस्तत्र स्थितिं चापनयंति च
kāmakrodhamahāmohalobhādi niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | ghnaṃti teṣāṃ manastatra sthitiṃ cāpanayaṃti ca
काम, क्रोध, महामोह, लोभ इत्यादी तीक्ष्ण बाणांनी ते अशा लोकांचे मन विदीर्ण करतात आणि तेथे स्थिर राहण्याची शक्तीही हिरावून घेतात।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gaṇas as fierce guardians shoot symbolic arrows labeled kāma, krodha, moha, lobha into a dark cloud representing a restless mind; the person staggers away from the ghāṭa, unable to settle.
FAQs
Uncontrolled passions sabotage spiritual life; without conquering desire, anger, delusion, and greed, one cannot remain steady in a holy place.
The ‘there’ refers to the Gaṅgā’s sacred vicinity in Kāśī, where steadiness in dharma is expected.
No external rite; the implied practice is inner discipline—restraining the passions to sustain residence and devotion in the tīrtha.