Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
शास्ति स्नेहार्द्रहृदया क्रोधनस्ते पितेत्यलम् । यदि ज्ञास्यति ते वृत्तं त्वां च मां ताडयिष्यति
śāsti snehārdrahṛdayā krodhanaste pitetyalam | yadi jñāsyati te vṛttaṃ tvāṃ ca māṃ tāḍayiṣyati
স্নেহে আর্দ্র হৃদয়ে সে তাকে শাসন করে বলত—‘থামো, তোমার পিতা ক্রোধপ্রবণ। তিনি যদি তোমার আচরণ জানতে পারেন, তবে তোমাকেও আমাকেও প্রহার করবেন।’
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A mother with tearful, affectionate eyes admonishes her son in private, warning of the father’s quick temper and impending beating if the son’s behavior is discovered; intimate interior with palpable tension.
FAQs
Fear of punishment is a weak restraint; true dharma is inner rectitude, not secrecy.
Kāśī is the text’s sacred setting, but the verse is ethical counsel rather than tīrtha-mahātmya.
None; it concerns behavioral discipline (sadācāra) within family life.