Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 130
नूनं न चैषां जननी त्वं संज्ञा क्वापि सा गता । विकलेष्वप्यपत्येषु न माता शापदा भवेत्
nūnaṃ na caiṣāṃ jananī tvaṃ saṃjñā kvāpi sā gatā | vikaleṣvapyapatyeṣu na mātā śāpadā bhavet
حقًّا لستِ أمَّهم الحقيقية؛ لعلَّ سَمْجْنْيا (Saṃjñā) قد مضت إلى مكانٍ آخر. وحتى إن كان الأبناء ناقصين أو ضالّين، فلا ينبغي للأم أن تصير مُنزِلةً للّعنات.
Sūrya (Āditya) addressing Chāyā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Chāyā
Scene: Sūrya’s discerning rebuke: he infers Chāyā is not the true mother; Saṃjñā has gone elsewhere; he states the ethical maxim that a mother should not curse even flawed children.
FAQs
A mother’s dharma is compassion and protection; even when children falter, harsh cursing is portrayed as adharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching sacred geography of the section, though this verse is primarily ethical narrative.
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