Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
सुशीला शीलसंपन्ना रहस्तद्विरहातुरैः । प्रार्थितापि सुरूपाढ्यैर्नाभिलाषं बबंध सा
suśīlā śīlasaṃpannā rahastadvirahāturaiḥ | prārthitāpi surūpāḍhyairnābhilāṣaṃ babaṃdha sā
سُشیلا نیک سیرت اور پاکیزہ خُو کی مالک تھی۔ اگرچہ خوبرو جوان، اس کے فراق سے بے قرار ہو کر خلوت میں بھی اس سے التجا کرتے رہے، مگر اس نے کسی پر بھی اپنی خواہش نہ باندھی۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda addressing Agastya)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (traditional frame)
Scene: Suśīlā stands composed and inwardly detached while well-adorned suitors plead in private; her calm gaze and modest posture signal unshaken virtue.
FAQs
Steadfast virtue (śīla) is shown through self-restraint—desire is not to be granted merely because one is praised or pursued.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework (Kāśī/Varanasi), though no distinct tirtha-name is stated in this line.
None; the emphasis is ethical—character and restraint.