Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82
सत्यां बुद्धौ न जानाति बोध्यमानो बुधैरपि । संसारे क्लिश्यते तेन रागमोहवशानुगः
satyāṃ buddhau na jānāti bodhyamāno budhairapi | saṃsāre kliśyate tena rāgamohavaśānugaḥ
Mesmo com inteligência sã, ele não compreende—ainda que seja instruído pelos sábios. Por isso sofre no saṃsāra, seguindo o domínio da paixão e da ilusão.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A wise teacher instructs a listener whose head is encircled by serpentine bands labeled rāga and moha; the listener turns away toward glittering objects, while behind him a wheel of saṃsāra churns.
FAQs
Without mastery over rāga and moha, even good intellect and wise teaching do not yield realization, and saṃsāra-suffering continues.
No holy site is referenced; it is a general teaching on bondage.
None explicitly; the implied prescription is discipline that reduces rāga-moha and enables receptivity to wisdom.