Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
जरितौ पितरौ यस्य बालापत्यश्च यः पुमान् । साध्वी भार्या च तत्पुष्ट्यै दोषोऽकृत्येपि तस्य न
jaritau pitarau yasya bālāpatyaśca yaḥ pumān | sādhvī bhāryā ca tatpuṣṭyai doṣo'kṛtyepi tasya na
যার পিতা-মাতা বৃদ্ধ, সন্তানরা এখনও শিশু, এবং স্ত্রী সাধ্বী—তাদের প্রতিপালনের জন্য সে যদি এমন কিছু করে যা অন্যথায় অনুচিত, তবু তার দোষ হয় না।
Skanda (narratorial moral maxim; deduced within Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)
Scene: A didactic tableau: a householder surrounded by aged parents, small children, and a virtuous wife; the man’s difficult choice is shown as compassionate necessity rather than vice, illustrating āpaddharma.
FAQs
Householder dharma prioritizes protection and sustenance of dependents; intention and responsibility can mitigate blame in extreme necessity.
No particular tīrtha is named; the teaching appears within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma-oriented narration.
None; it is a dharma-nīti (ethical principle) concerning family maintenance.