Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
इतः शापभयं तीव्रमितो दुःखं च पुत्रजम् । वरं पुत्रवियोगोऽस्तु न शापो द्विजसंभवः
itaḥ śāpabhayaṃ tīvramito duḥkhaṃ ca putrajam | varaṃ putraviyogo'stu na śāpo dvijasaṃbhavaḥ
«من جهةٍ خوفٌ شديد من اللعنة، ومن جهةٍ أخرى حزنٌ مولودٌ من فراق الابن. فالأَولى فراقُ الابن على أن تقع لعنةٌ صادرةٌ عن براهمن.»
Himavān (in Sūta’s narration)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Himavān weighs two terrors—curse and son-separation—then chooses dharma: better separation than brahmin-born curse. A solemn, inward scene with symbolic balance imagery.
FAQs
In dharma literature, disrespect toward the righteous (especially a brahmin sage) is portrayed as spiritually ruinous; sacrifice of personal attachment is preferred to adharma.
None directly; it is an ethical deliberation within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa storyline.
None.