Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
अनादृत्य तु ते वाक्यं रोहिण्यां निरतो रहः । रेमे कामपरीतात्मा अस्माकं शोकवर्द्धनः
anādṛtya tu te vākyaṃ rohiṇyāṃ nirato rahaḥ | reme kāmaparītātmā asmākaṃ śokavarddhanaḥ
آپ کے حکم کو نظرانداز کر کے وہ پوشیدہ طور پر روہِنی ہی میں لگا رہا؛ خواہش سے گھرا ہوا دل لیے وہ عیش کرتا رہا، اور ہمارے غم میں اضافہ کرتا گیا۔
Dakṣa's daughters (Nakṣatras)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Mahādevī addressed in surrounding narration)
Scene: Candra, radiant and youthful, secretly delights with Rohiṇī while the other wives languish; the contrast between moonlit romance and the neglected wives’ sorrow is stark.
FAQs
Desire that ignores rightful counsel becomes a source of collective suffering; dharma demands self-governance.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the Māhātmya setting in which this moral-cosmic episode is narrated.
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