Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
विकारः खलु कर्तव्यो नाधि काराय यौवनम् । यदि न प्राप्नुवंत्येताः पुरुषं योषितः क्वचित्
vikāraḥ khalu kartavyo nādhi kārāya yauvanam | yadi na prāpnuvaṃtyetāḥ puruṣaṃ yoṣitaḥ kvacit
“یقیناً جوانی میں تغیر اور اضطراب کا میلان ہوتا ہے؛ وہ فطری طور پر ضبط کے لائق نہیں۔ اگر یہ عورتیں کہیں بھی کسی مرد کو نہ پائیں تو (ان کی خواہش کوئی راہ ڈھونڈتی ہے)…”
Garuḍa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Puruṣottama (Viṣṇu as addressee)
Scene: Garuḍa explains youth’s instability and the tendency of desire to seek fulfillment if not guided; the tone is cautionary and psychological.
FAQs
It underscores how powerful youthful impulses are—thereby framing celibacy as an exceptional spiritual victory.
Not mentioned in this verse; the focus is ethical-psychological reflection within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.
None; it discusses tendencies rather than prescribing a rite.