Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
मद्यमांसरतानां च यत्पापं जायते नृणाम् । तेन पापेन लिप्यामि यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
madyamāṃsaratānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ jāyate nṛṇām | tena pāpena lipyāmi yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
मद्य व मांसासक्त मनुष्यांना जे पाप उत्पन्न होते, त्याच पापाने मी लिप्त होवो—जर मी येथे पुन्हा आलो नाही तर।
Unspecified (contextual vow/utterance within Arbuda Khaṇḍa narration; likely a pilgrim or narrator-voice within the māhātmya)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim stands at the edge of a tīrtha pond, rejecting a cup of liquor and a platter of meat offered by temptation-figures; he repeats the vow that failure to return will stain him with that sin. The tīrtha landscape remains serene and purifying.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is paired with self-restraint; the vow treats neglect of return as spiritually ruinous, comparable to socially and religiously censured addictions.
Arbuda-kṣetra is glorified by portraying return to the tīrtha as a binding devotional commitment.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on ethical discipline and the vow of revisiting the sacred place.