Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
मातरं पितरं पूज्यं स्पृशेत्साधारणं त्विदम् । कोशस्य रूपं पूर्वं ते व्याख्यातं पांडुनंदन
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ pūjyaṃ spṛśetsādhāraṇaṃ tvidam | kośasya rūpaṃ pūrvaṃ te vyākhyātaṃ pāṃḍunaṃdana
মাতা, পিতা বা কোনো পূজনীয় ব্যক্তিকে স্পর্শ করা যায়—এটি সাধারণ বিধি। হে পাণ্ডুনন্দন, ‘কোষ’-এর রূপ তোমাকে পূর্বেই ব্যাখ্যা করা হয়েছে।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced); addressing a Pāṇḍava-descended interlocutor within the narrative frame
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: A didactic moment: Skanda (or a sage) instructs the Pāṇḍava; in the foreground a devotee respectfully touches mother and father’s feet and then an elder’s hand, indicating permitted sparśa; a ‘kośa’ (ritual receptacle) is shown nearby as previously explained.
FAQs
Elders embody dharma; invoking them as touch-witnesses reinforces accountability and reverence.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
A general oath-touch practice: touching mother, father, or a venerable person as part of solemn affirmation.