Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
स रेमे सह रोहिण्या अस्माकमसुखप्रदः । अस्माकं दुःखदग्धानां श्रेयोऽतो मरणं भवेत्
sa reme saha rohiṇyā asmākamasukhapradaḥ | asmākaṃ duḥkhadagdhānāṃ śreyo'to maraṇaṃ bhavet
ਉਹ ਰੋਹਿਣੀ ਨਾਲ ਰਮਣ ਕਰਦਾ ਰਿਹਾ, ਸਾਨੂੰ ਤਾਂ ਕੇਵਲ ਦੁੱਖ ਹੀ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ। ਜੋ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ੋਕ ਦੀ ਅੱਗ ਨਾਲ ਸੜ ਰਹੇ ਹਾਂ, ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਮੌਤ ਹੀ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਯਸਕਰ ਹੋਵੇ।
Dakṣa’s daughters (the neglected wives of Soma)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of sorrow-stricken lunar wives (the neglected daughters) lament as Soma sports with Rohiṇī; their faces are tearful, bodies droop, and the moon’s cool light contrasts with their inner burning grief.
FAQs
Adharma in intimate duties can inflict profound harm; the Purāṇa underscores compassion and equal regard as dharmic necessities.
The larger section praises Prabhāsakṣetra by embedding cosmic events and moral causality within its sacred geography.
No explicit ritual; the verse expresses the extremity of suffering to motivate dharmic correction.