Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77
कुले जन्म च दीक्षाभिर्ये गतास्ते नरोत्तमाः । सौभाग्यमाप्नुयाल्लोके नूनं रसविवर्जनात्
kule janma ca dīkṣābhirye gatāste narottamāḥ | saubhāgyamāpnuyālloke nūnaṃ rasavivarjanāt
సత్కులంలో జన్మించి, దীক্ষాసంస్కారాలతో శోభించిన నరోత్తములు లోకంలో సౌభాగ్యాన్ని పొందుతారు—నిశ్చయంగా రసభోగత్యాగం వలన।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya didactic narration context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)
Scene: A dignified initiate (dīkṣita) with sacred marks stands beside elders of a noble family, turning away from a tempting feast and music; instead he offers salutations at a coastal shrine, embodying restraint.
FAQs
Initiation and noble conduct bear fruit when supported by restraint from sense-pleasures.
The Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative setting frames these virtues as befitting pilgrims and devotees in the sacred land.
It commends dīkṣā (religious initiation) and prescribes rasa-vivarjana (abstinence from indulgence).