Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
उवाच मातरं भक्त्या मातः किं करवाण्यहम् । तमुवाच ततो हृष्टा दितिर्दैत्याधिपं सुतम्
uvāca mātaraṃ bhaktyā mātaḥ kiṃ karavāṇyaham | tamuvāca tato hṛṣṭā ditirdaityādhipaṃ sutam
In Hingabe sprach er zu seiner Mutter: „Mutter, was soll ich tun?“ Da redete Diti, voller Freude, zu ihrem Sohn, dem Herrn der Daityas.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Scene: युवक दैत्य-नायक हाथ जोड़कर माता के सामने; माता प्रसन्न, आशीर्वाद/निर्देश देने को उद्यत; राजसी-आसुरी परिवेश।
FAQs
Devotion and humility before one’s mother/elders is presented as a dharmic disposition even within heroic or royal lineages.
No tīrtha or sacred geography is explicitly mentioned in this verse; it is narrative context within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
No vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.