Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
सूची सूत्र तथा वस्त्रे समानयति सूचिका । तद्वत्संसारसूत्रस्य तृष्णा सूची विधीयते
sūcī sūtra tathā vastre samānayati sūcikā | tadvatsaṃsārasūtrasya tṛṣṇā sūcī vidhīyate
Sebagaimana jarum menyatukan benang dan kain, demikianlah tṛṣṇā—dahaga keinginan—ditetapkan sebagai jarum yang menjahit benang saṃsāra.
Bharadvāja (continuing the teaching on tṛṣṇā)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic needle labeled ‘tṛṣṇā’ pierces cloth labeled ‘saṃsāra’, pulling a thread labeled ‘karma’; a sage points to the needle as the true cause of binding, with Prabhāsa’s temple and sea as backdrop.
FAQs
Craving is the mechanism that binds and ‘stitches’ beings into repeated worldly entanglement.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra; pilgrimage is presented as incomplete without cutting the ‘needle’ of craving.
None explicit; the verse offers a meditative image to support renunciation.