Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
गीतवाद्यरता नित्या मत्ताः किलकिलापराः । कूटवेषक्रियाचाराः कूटसंव्यवहारिणः
gītavādyaratā nityā mattāḥ kilakilāparāḥ | kūṭaveṣakriyācārāḥ kūṭasaṃvyavahāriṇaḥ
जे सदैव गीत-वाद्यात आसक्त, नित्य मदोन्मत्त होऊन निरर्थक कोलाहल करतात; जे कूटवेष धारण करून कपटी आचार करतात व फसव्या व्यवहाराने व्यवहार चालवितात—ते धर्मभ्रष्ट निंद्य आहेत।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention
Scene: A street near a temple: revelers with instruments and drink create chaos; alongside, a calm pilgrim and a priest represent restraint; a fraudster in disguise cheats a buyer, contrasted with honest merchants.
FAQs
Dharma is undermined by intoxication, performative revelry, false appearances, and fraudulent dealings; integrity and self-restraint are praised implicitly.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it functions as a general dharmic censure within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa context.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed here; the focus is ethical conduct.