Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
परस्त्रीं च परान्नं च गच्छन्संदंशमेति च । दिवास्वप्नपरा ये व्रतलोपपराश्च ये
parastrīṃ ca parānnaṃ ca gacchansaṃdaṃśameti ca | divāsvapnaparā ye vratalopaparāśca ye
ਜੋ ਪਰਾਈ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਾਇਆ ਅੰਨ ਲੋਭ ਨਾਲ ਲੱਭਦਾ ਫਿਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਸੰਦੰਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਜੋ ਦਿਨ ਨੂੰ ਸੌਣ ਦੇ ਆਦੀ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਵਰਤ-ਵ੍ਰਤ ਤੋੜਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੱਗੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਉਹ ਵੀ ਐਸੇ ਹੀ ਪਤਨ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Saṃdaṃśa (narka)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/Devotees
Scene: A man reaches toward another’s wife and another’s meal; nearby, figures sleep in daylight while a neglected vow-fire/altar lies cold; in the distance, Saṃdaṃśa appears as a symbolic crushing/biting mechanism (without gore).
FAQs
Self-control—sexual restraint, non-appropriation of others’ goods, and steadfastness in vows—is central to dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a moral warning framed through naraka doctrine.
The verse implicitly upholds vrata-observance (not violating vows), but gives no specific ritual procedure.