Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47
योषिद्भिः संगति पुंसां विडंबायोपकल्पते । त्वं स्वामी जगतां नाथः पराणां परमः परः । विमृश्य सर्वं देवेश यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
yoṣidbhiḥ saṃgati puṃsāṃ viḍaṃbāyopakalpate | tvaṃ svāmī jagatāṃ nāthaḥ parāṇāṃ paramaḥ paraḥ | vimṛśya sarvaṃ deveśa yathāvadvaktumarhasi
“Pergaulan dengan wanita sering dijadikan sebab ejekan terhadap lelaki. Namun Engkaulah Tuhan segala alam, Sang Nātha, Yang Mahatinggi melampaui yang tertinggi. Wahai Deweśa, pertimbangkanlah semuanya dan bertuturlah sebagaimana patut.”
Nārada addressing Śiva
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: Nārada, earnest now, cautions about sensual association and requests Śiva—Lord beyond all—to deliberate and speak the proper dharma.
FAQs
The divine acts in the world while remaining transcendent; dharma includes discerning how actions are perceived and explained for the welfare of beings.
Not a single tīrtha is named here, but the Kedārakhaṇḍa setting frames the teaching within the sanctified Himalayan pilgrimage tradition.
None; it is ethical-theological counsel (vicāra/vimṛśya) rather than a specific vrata or rite.