Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र यास्तु वै चाल्पसात्त्विकाः । ता दृष्ट्वा सहसा सांबं सर्वाश्चुक्षुभिरे स्त्रियः
etasminnaṃtare tatra yāstu vai cālpasāttvikāḥ | tā dṛṣṭvā sahasā sāṃbaṃ sarvāścukṣubhire striyaḥ
اسی وقت وہاں کی وہ عورتیں جن میں ستو کم تھا، سامب کو اچانک دیکھ کر سب کی سب بے چین اور مضطرب ہو اٹھیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Not specified in provided excerpt)
Scene: As Sāmba appears, the women of unstable sattva surge with sudden excitement—eyes widened, bodies leaning forward, ornaments shifting—creating a wave of unrest in the festive space.
FAQs
When sattva is weak, the mind becomes easily disturbed; the Purāṇic narrative uses this to warn against loss of inner balance.
The episode remains situated in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya frames the moral narrative.
None; it is a psychological-ethical observation within the story.