Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
अन्येषां विषयस्थानामिह लोकः प्रकीर्तितः । भोगप्रसक्तचित्तानां नीचानां सुदुरात्मनाम्
anyeṣāṃ viṣayasthānāmiha lokaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | bhogaprasaktacittānāṃ nīcānāṃ sudurātmanām
परंतु जे विषयांतच स्थिर आहेत, त्यांच्यासाठी हाच लोक त्यांचा ‘प्रदेश’ म्हणून सांगितला आहे—भोगासक्त चित्ताचे, नीच स्वभावाचे, अतिदुरात्मे।
The wives (bhāryāḥ)
Scene: Two contrasted groups: one absorbed in pleasures (feasting, gambling, sensuality) in dim tones; the other hinted in the background as calm pilgrims/ascetics. The ‘realm’ of the attached appears enclosed and heavy.
FAQs
Clinging to sense-pleasure narrows life to the merely worldly and erodes character.
No site is named; this is a general dharmic evaluation of dispositions.
None; it is a moral categorization, not a ritual directive.