Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
हरेत्पुरंध्रीः प्रसभं पौराणां काममोहितः । असाधवः प्रियास्तस्य साधवोऽप्रियतां ययुः
haretpuraṃdhrīḥ prasabhaṃ paurāṇāṃ kāmamohitaḥ | asādhavaḥ priyāstasya sādhavo'priyatāṃ yayuḥ
Dahil sa pagnanasa at pagkahumaling, marahas niyang dinukot ang mga babae ng mga mamamayan. Ang masasama’y naging mahal sa kanya, at ang mga banal at matuwid ay napasama sa kanyang loob.
Skanda
Listener: Muni
Scene: A dark courtly episode: the king’s men abduct townspeople’s women; citizens plead; sādhus stand aside in sorrow while corrupt companions smile—visualizing the inversion of dharma.
FAQs
Kāma-moha overturns dharma: it leads to violence, social harm, and the inversion where the wicked are favored over the good.
None directly; the verse functions as ethical instruction within the Kāśī narrative context.
None; it is a condemnation of adharma, implicitly urging restraint and protection of subjects.