Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
अज्ञाता पतिना मात्रा तथान्यैरपि बांधवैः । कृष्णपक्षं समासाद्य विजने हृष्टमानसा
ajñātā patinā mātrā tathānyairapi bāṃdhavaiḥ | kṛṣṇapakṣaṃ samāsādya vijane hṛṣṭamānasā
شوہر، ماں اور دوسرے رشتہ داروں کی نگاہ سے اوجھل رہ کر، وہ کرشن پکش (اندھیری پندرہ راتیں) کا انتخاب کرتی اور تنہا جگہ میں خوش دل ہو کر جایا کرتی۔
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Caturāsya-āśrama tīrtha (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / sages
Scene: A moonless or thin-crescent night; the woman slips away unseen from household watch, moving toward a lonely grove near the sacred precinct, her face lit by faint starlight and desire.
FAQs
Hidden actions still bind the doer; dharma is not determined by secrecy but by truth and right conduct.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative background within a tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; the mention of kṛṣṇapakṣa is contextual (timing for secrecy), not a vrata instruction here.