Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
ततोऽपत्रपसे किं न त्यज दुर्वृत्ततां शिशो । मातुलास्तेऽतुलाः पुत्र विद्याशीलकुलादिभिः
tato'patrapase kiṃ na tyaja durvṛttatāṃ śiśo | mātulāste'tulāḥ putra vidyāśīlakulādibhiḥ
Warum schämst du dich nicht, mein Kind, und gibst dein böses Verhalten auf? Deine Onkel mütterlicherseits sind unvergleichliche Vorbilder, mein Sohn—berühmt für Gelehrsamkeit, guten Charakter und edles Geschlecht.
Unspecified admonisher in narrative (within Skanda’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse to Agastya-context)
Scene: A concerned mother/guardian admonishes a young boy in a Kāśī neighborhood courtyard, gesturing toward respectable maternal uncles and the ideal of learned, well-mannered family life; background hints of ghāṭa lanes and tiled houses.
FAQs
Dharma begins with personal shame (lajjā) and reform—one should abandon evil conduct and emulate the virtuous.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on ethical correction rather than a named tīrtha.
None; the verse gives a moral prescription—renounce misconduct and follow models of learning and virtue.