Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63
शब्दादिसङ्गदुष्टानि यदा नाक्षाणि नः शुभाः । तदा नृत्यादयो भावाः कथं लोभप्रदायिनः
śabdādisaṅgaduṣṭāni yadā nākṣāṇi naḥ śubhāḥ | tadā nṛtyādayo bhāvāḥ kathaṃ lobhapradāyinaḥ
جب ہماری حواس آواز وغیرہ کے لمس سے آلودہ ہو کر نامبارک ہو جائیں، تو رقص اور اس جیسے مظاہر کیسے لالچ پیدا کرنے والے بن سکتے ہیں؟
Nārāyaṇa
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāma and apsarases (implicitly), with Mādhava present
Scene: A reflective, almost syllogistic moment: the speaker points to the senses as the locus of corruption by sound etc.; dance and display are shown as mere stimuli that fail to produce greed when the senses are auspicious.
FAQs
Craving arises only where the senses are undisciplined; purity of the senses makes temptations powerless.
None explicitly; it is a moral-psychological teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
No explicit rite; the implied sādhana is indriya-nigraha (sense-restraint).