Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
मनसा कामयामास साऽपि तं तरुणं यतिम् । तयोश्च संगतिस्तत्र संजाता पापकर्मणोः
manasā kāmayāmāsa sā'pi taṃ taruṇaṃ yatim | tayośca saṃgatistatra saṃjātā pāpakarmaṇoḥ
Sa isip ay ninasa niya siya, at ninasa rin siya ng batang asceta. Kaya’t naganap ang kanilang pagsasama roon—isinilang mula sa kasalanan ng kapwa panig.
Vasiṣṭha (continuing the narrative)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A young ascetic and a woman exchange longing glances; the ‘union born of sin’ is suggested through shadowed body language rather than explicit depiction, with a distant sacred skyline hinting at Dvārakā’s purifying presence.
FAQs
Unchecked desire begins in the mind and culminates in action, producing karmic fault; inner restraint is the first safeguard of dharma.
The episode remains within the Kāśī setting introduced earlier, though this verse emphasizes moral causation rather than tīrtha praise.
None; it functions as ethical instruction on controlling mental desire (manas) to prevent pāpa.