Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
यथा माता ममाचष्ट नेयं माता तथा मम । निर्गुणेष्वपि पुत्रेषु न माता निर्गुणा भवेत्
yathā mātā mamācaṣṭa neyaṃ mātā tathā mama | nirguṇeṣvapi putreṣu na mātā nirguṇā bhavet
“মোৰ মাতৃয়ে যিদৰে কৈছে, সেই ৰূপে তেওঁ মোৰ সত্য মাতৃ নহয়। পুত্ৰ গুণহীন হলেও মাতা গুণহীন হোৱা উচিত নহয়।”
Yama (continuing to address his father, Vivasvān/Sūrya)
Scene: Yama speaks with controlled intensity, asserting an ethical standard for motherhood; father listens, contemplative, as if realizing a hidden irregularity (Chāyā vs Saṃjñā).
FAQs
A parent’s righteousness should not collapse due to a child’s faults; virtue is to be maintained under provocation.
No sacred site is mentioned; the focus is ethical instruction within a mythic dialogue.
None; it is a statement on moral restraint and parental dharma.