Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
कस्मादेवंविधा भूत्वा जराजर्जरितं भुवि । त्वमुपास्ये हि कल्याणि कामभावबहिष्कृतम्
kasmādevaṃvidhā bhūtvā jarājarjaritaṃ bhuvi | tvamupāsye hi kalyāṇi kāmabhāvabahiṣkṛtam
اے نیک بخت خاتون! تو ایسی ہو کر بھی زمین پر اس شخص کی خدمت کیوں کرتی ہے جو بڑھاپے سے چور چور ہے، اور خواہشات کی زندگی سے باہر کر دیا گیا ہے؟
Aśvinau
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Assemblage of sages/seekers (frame audience)
Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred precinct, two radiant divine youths address Sukanyā, questioning why she serves an aged, frail sage-husband; Sukanyā stands composed, modest, and resolute.
FAQs
Dharma is tested when worldly logic mocks renunciation; the narrative elevates service rooted in virtue over desire-centered judgment.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Cyavana–Sukanyā episode preserved in its Māhātmya.
None; it is a narrative argument contrasting sensual desire with ascetic condition.