Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
दिग्वासाः सुप्रियालापस्ततस्ताः काममोहिताः । त्यक्त्वा पुत्रगृहाद्यं च सर्वास्तत्पृष्ठसंस्थिताः । बभूवुश्चानिशं राजन्मां भजस्वेति चाब्रुवन्
digvāsāḥ supriyālāpastatastāḥ kāmamohitāḥ | tyaktvā putragṛhādyaṃ ca sarvāstatpṛṣṭhasaṃsthitāḥ | babhūvuścāniśaṃ rājanmāṃ bhajasveti cābruvan
Vestido apenas com as direções (nu), e proferindo palavras doces e agradáveis, aquelas mulheres—enfeitiçadas pelo desejo—abandonaram filhos, casa e tudo o mais, e todas se puseram bem junto atrás dele. Sem cessar, ó rei, diziam: “Une-te a mim; ama-me”, e assim por diante.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (pārthiva)
Scene: The sages’ wives, overcome by desire, follow the ascetic figure; their sweet entreaties contrast with the sanctity of the hermitage; the king is addressed as witness to the moral unraveling.
FAQs
Kāma and moha can overpower social duty and discernment; purāṇic narration uses this to warn against uncontrolled desire.
The setting remains the Vālakhilya-āśrama; the verse itself emphasizes moral drama rather than tīrtha-phala.
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