Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
मनस्विनामपि मनोरागतां सृजते मधौ । तदोष्ठपल्लवाद्रागो जह्रे माकंदपल्लवैः
manasvināmapi manorāgatāṃ sṛjate madhau | tadoṣṭhapallavādrāgo jahre mākaṃdapallavaiḥ
Mùa xuân khiến cả người tự chế cũng khởi lên niềm luyến ái trong lòng. Thế nhưng sắc đỏ của nụ môi nàng như bị chồi non cây xoài dịu mềm “cướp mất”, lấn át đi.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (tapovana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Spring in the sacred grove: mango trees with tender shoots glow red-green; the maiden’s natural lip-redness is poetically ‘outshone’ by mango buds, while her face remains composed, desire mastered.
FAQs
Even when nature stirs desire, the disciplined practitioner strives to transcend passion through steadfast tapas.
The Kāśī Kṣetra context remains the underlying sacred setting for the narrative of restraint and austerity.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse underscores inner vrata-like restraint (control of longing) during spring.