Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
कामः क्रोधश्च लोभश्च मोहोऽहंकार एव च । एतत्सर्वमशेषेण मत्तो गोप्यः प्रवर्त्तते
kāmaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca moho'haṃkāra eva ca | etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa matto gopyaḥ pravarttate
“ਕਾਮ, ਕ੍ਰੋਧ, ਲੋਭ, ਮੋਹ ਅਤੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਵੀ—ਹੇ ਗੋਪਿਓ, ਇਹ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਵਰਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।”
Śrī Bhagavān (Kṛṣṇa)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: gopīs
Scene: Kṛṣṇa points gently toward the heart; around the gopīs appear faint shadow-forms labeled by expression—desire, anger, greed, delusion, ego—dissolving into light as they listen.
FAQs
Even disturbing mental forces are within the Lord’s cosmic order; devotion transforms one’s relationship to them.
Dvārakā is the contextual sacred geography, but this verse teaches inward dharma rather than describing a tirtha.
No explicit rite; the practical implication is purification through remembrance and devotion rather than despair over emotions.