Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
ततो रक्तानुबंधस्य सोमातिक्रमणं नृप । यावत्करोति राजेन्द्र तावदस्य पुनस्तथा
tato raktānubaṃdhasya somātikramaṇaṃ nṛpa | yāvatkaroti rājendra tāvadasya punastathā
ततः, नृप, सोमपानविधेः अतिक्रमणं यदा यदा स करोति, राजेन्द्र, तदा तावदेव तस्य रक्तानुबन्धदोषः पुनः पुनस्तथैव प्रत्यागच्छति।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Raktabandha
Type: kund
Listener: Nṛpa (king)
Scene: A king afflicted again as he violates the Soma rule; the narrative voice warns that the Raktānubandha-doṣa returns in proportion to the transgression.
FAQs
Tīrtha-grace must be protected by niyama; repeated transgression revives the very bondage one sought to dissolve.
Raktānubandha Tīrtha, whose benefits are shown to depend on continued dharmic restraint.
Observance of Soma-related ritual discipline (avoiding soma-atikramaṇa), implying vrata-like restraint after purification.