Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
परदारेषुसंतुष्टः स्वदारेषु पराङ्मुखः । आनर्च जातुचिन्नैव देवौ दुःखांतकारिणौ
paradāreṣusaṃtuṣṭaḥ svadāreṣu parāṅmukhaḥ | ānarca jātucinnaiva devau duḥkhāṃtakāriṇau
دوسروں کی بیویوں میں لذت پاتا اور اپنی بیوی سے منہ موڑتا ہوا، اس نے کبھی—کسی وقت بھی—ان دو دیوتاؤں کی پوجا نہ کی جو ہر دکھ کا خاتمہ کرتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A moral contrast scene: the king in clandestine dalliance with another’s wife, while his own queen sits neglected; in the background, a small shrine to Śiva and Viṣṇu remains unlit and unworshipped, lamps extinguished.
FAQs
Personal restraint and devotion are pillars of dharma; sensual wrongdoing and neglect of worship deepen suffering.
The context is Kāśī-Māhātmya; the narrative leads into Kāśī’s sacred precincts, especially Ānandakānana.
Worship (arcana) is implied as the corrective, but no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is detailed in this verse.