Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
संसारविषवृक्षस्य कुकर्मकुसुमस्य च । नरकार्तिफलस्योक्ता मूलमेषा नितंबिनी
saṃsāraviṣavṛkṣasya kukarmakusumasya ca | narakārtiphalasyoktā mūlameṣā nitaṃbinī
ही नितंबिनी स्त्री संसाररूपी विषवृक्षाची मुळे सांगितली आहे—ज्याची फुले कुकर्मे आणि फळ नरकयातना आहे।
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator voice; likely a didactic passage)
Scene: A विशाल poisonous tree labeled ‘Saṃsāra’: roots entwined around a seductive figure; blossoms are dark ‘kukarma’ flowers; fruits are fiery ‘naraka’ orbs; a pilgrim/ascetic recoils and turns toward a shrine/river for refuge.
FAQs
Unchecked sensual fascination is portrayed as a root-cause that leads to bad actions and painful karmic results; cultivate restraint and discernment.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha discourse by emphasizing inner discipline.
None directly; the focus is ethical causality (karma → suffering) rather than ritual.