Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
स यदा यौवनोपेतस्तदा वेश्यानुरागकृत् । श्रोत्रियोऽप्यभवद्विप्रो यौवनोद्भारपीडितः
sa yadā yauvanopetastadā veśyānurāgakṛt | śrotriyo'pyabhavadvipro yauvanodbhārapīḍitaḥ
مگر جب وہ جوانی کو پہنچا تو ایک طوائف کے عشق میں مبتلا ہو گیا۔ اگرچہ وہ ویدوں کا عالم برہمن تھا، پھر بھی جوانی کی خواہش کے بوجھ سے رنجیدہ ہو گیا۔
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥ
Scene: A young brāhmaṇa, conflicted, stands at a threshold between a scholarly life (scriptures, ritual items) and the allure of a courtesan’s house (music, perfume, ornament), showing inner struggle rather than mere indulgence.
FAQs
Learning alone is not enough; uncontrolled desire can overpower even the disciplined, urging vigilance in brahminical dharma.
This is a character episode within the Gaṅgā-māhātmya narrative thread; the tīrtha context is implicit rather than explicitly named in this verse.
None; the verse functions as moral narration about the dangers of youthful passion.