Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
मद्यं न देयमत्यर्थं पुरुषेण विपश्चिता । मदोन्मत्ताः स्वभावेन पूर्वं संति यतः स्त्रियः
madyaṃ na deyamatyarthaṃ puruṣeṇa vipaścitā | madonmattāḥ svabhāvena pūrvaṃ saṃti yataḥ striyaḥ
دانشمند مرد کو ہرگز حد سے زیادہ شراب نہیں دینی چاہیے؛ کیونکہ عورتیں اپنی فطرت کے مطابق پہلے ہی نشے کی طرف مائل ہوتی ہیں۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / audience
Scene: A wise counselor figure restrains a man from offering liquor; the liquor vessel is shown as a moral hazard, while the background hints at a temple/tīrtha setting.
FAQs
It urges responsible restraint and avoidance of intoxicants that destabilize conduct and dharmic order.
The larger setting is Prabhāsakṣetra; the verse itself is moral counsel embedded in the Māhātmya.
A behavioral injunction (niṣedha): do not provide/encourage excessive drinking.