Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
परयोषित्समासक्तिरायुः कीर्ति बलं सुखम् । हरेत्स्वर्ग गतिं चापि तस्मात्तां वर्जयेत्सुधीः
parayoṣitsamāsaktirāyuḥ kīrti balaṃ sukham | haretsvarga gatiṃ cāpi tasmāttāṃ varjayetsudhīḥ
دوسرے کی بیوی سے دل لگانا عمر، ناموری، قوت اور خوشی چھین لیتا ہے، اور جنت کی راہ بھی برباد کر دیتا ہے؛ اس لیے دانا کو چاہیے کہ اس سے پرہیز کرے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau: a wise teacher-like figure gestures in admonition; behind, allegorical figures of Āyuḥ, Kīrti, Bala, Sukha depart from a man tempted by forbidden attachment; a dim path to svarga closes.
FAQs
Moral restraint is not merely social—misconduct depletes vitality and merit, obstructing higher destinies.
No single tīrtha is named; the teaching functions as a dharmic precondition to benefit from Kāśī’s sanctity.
A behavioral prohibition is given: avoid attachment to another’s spouse as a core niyama.