Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
योऽभिवांछति भोक्तुं वै दुःखान्येकांततो जनः । पापात्पापतरं तं हि प्रवदंति मुमुक्षवः
yo'bhivāṃchati bhoktuṃ vai duḥkhānyekāṃtato janaḥ | pāpātpāpataraṃ taṃ hi pravadaṃti mumukṣavaḥ
“جو شخص حقیقتاً صرف دکھ ہی کو ‘بھोगنا’ چاہے، اسے مُکتی کے طالب لوگ گناہ سے بھی بڑھ کر گناہگار کہتے ہیں۔”
Unnamed ṛṣi (contextual speaker within the narrative; later Śiva speaks at v.24)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sage speaks with firm moral force; his gesture is admonitory, not angry—like a compassionate warrior of dharma. Fishermen or bystanders appear chastened; the sea and nets frame the ethical confrontation.
FAQs
Delighting in suffering (one’s own or others’) is condemned; liberation-minded people uphold compassion as higher dharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the narrative setting; its māhātmya frames ethical purification alongside pilgrimage.
None explicitly; the emphasis is ethical—renouncing cruel intention and cultivating a mokṣa-aligned mind.