Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
अज्ञाता पतिना मात्रा तथान्यैरपि बांधवैः । कृष्णपक्षं समासाद्य विजने हृष्टमानसा
ajñātā patinā mātrā tathānyairapi bāṃdhavaiḥ | kṛṣṇapakṣaṃ samāsādya vijane hṛṣṭamānasā
पतिना मात्रा च तथान्यैर्बान्धवैश्च अज्ञाता सा कृष्णपक्षं समासाद्य विजने स्थाने हृष्टमानसा विचचार।
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Caturāsya-āśrama tīrtha (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / sages
Scene: A moonless or thin-crescent night; the woman slips away unseen from household watch, moving toward a lonely grove near the sacred precinct, her face lit by faint starlight and desire.
FAQs
Hidden actions still bind the doer; dharma is not determined by secrecy but by truth and right conduct.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative background within a tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; the mention of kṛṣṇapakṣa is contextual (timing for secrecy), not a vrata instruction here.