Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
मनसा कामयामास साऽपि तं तरुणं यतिम् । तयोश्च संगतिस्तत्र संजाता पापकर्मणोः
manasā kāmayāmāsa sā'pi taṃ taruṇaṃ yatim | tayośca saṃgatistatra saṃjātā pāpakarmaṇoḥ
သူသည် စိတ်ထဲ၌ သူမကို တပ်မက်လေ၏၊ သူမလည်း ထိုလူငယ်ယတိကို တပ်မက်၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် နှစ်ဖက်လုံး၏ အပြစ်ကံမှ ပေါက်ဖွားသော ပေါင်းစည်းမှုသည် ထိုနေရာ၌ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာ၏။
Vasiṣṭha (continuing the narrative)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A young ascetic and a woman exchange longing glances; the ‘union born of sin’ is suggested through shadowed body language rather than explicit depiction, with a distant sacred skyline hinting at Dvārakā’s purifying presence.
FAQs
Unchecked desire begins in the mind and culminates in action, producing karmic fault; inner restraint is the first safeguard of dharma.
The episode remains within the Kāśī setting introduced earlier, though this verse emphasizes moral causation rather than tīrtha praise.
None; it functions as ethical instruction on controlling mental desire (manas) to prevent pāpa.