Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
न केवलं व्रतोपेताः स्त्रीसंगात्पापमाप्नुयुः । व्रतबाह्या अपि नराः सक्ताः स्त्रीषु पतंत्यधः
na kevalaṃ vratopetāḥ strīsaṃgātpāpamāpnuyuḥ | vratabāhyā api narāḥ saktāḥ strīṣu pataṃtyadhaḥ
صرف ورت والے ہی عورتوں کی صحبت سے گناہ میں نہیں پڑتے؛ بلکہ جو لوگ ورت سے باہر بھی ہوں، اگر عورتوں میں دل باندھ لیں تو وہ بھی پستی میں گر جاتے ہیں۔
Viśvāmitra (continuing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Allegorical depiction of men being pulled downward by cords of attachment while a calm ascetic points toward a higher path; contrast between descent and ascent.
FAQs
Attachment (saṅga) is depicted as the real cause of decline; the warning is broadened beyond ascetics to all people.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves as general dharma-teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
No specific rite; it prescribes vigilance against unhealthy attachment as a spiritual discipline.