Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति । हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्द्धते
na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati | haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivarddhate
لذتوں کی خواہش، لذتوں کے بھوگ سے کبھی نہیں بجھتی؛ جیسے ہَوِش کی آہوتی سے آگ اور بھڑکتی ہے، ویسے ہی یہ اور بڑھتی جاتی ہے۔
Unspecified (continuation of the didactic dialogue in Adhyāya 255; adjacent verses attribute speech to sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual fire blazing higher as ghee is poured, juxtaposed with a person indulging in pleasures becoming more restless; Viśvāmitra points to the growing flames as metaphor.
FAQs
Indulgence fuels craving; restraint and detachment are the path to peace.
The verse belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya chapter; it supports the tīrtha’s purpose of inner purification.
No direct ritual; the analogy uses havis (offerings) to illustrate that feeding desire strengthens it.