Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91
जातकर्मणि यत्प्राह पिता यच्चोपकर्मणि । पर्याप्तः स दृढीकारः पितुर्गौरवलिप्सया
jātakarmaṇi yatprāha pitā yaccopakarmaṇi | paryāptaḥ sa dṛḍhīkāraḥ piturgauravalipsayā
Was immer der Vater beim Geburtsritus (jātakarman) spricht und was immer er beim Initiationsritus (upakarman) lehrt—das genügt als feste Weisung für den, der die ehrfürchtige Ehre des Vaters erstrebt.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Two ritual moments juxtaposed: jātakarman (newborn rite) and upākarman (initiation/renewal of Vedic study), with father instructing and blessing.
FAQs
The father’s guidance—especially around life-cycle sacraments—is to be treated as a decisive dharmic directive.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse centers on saṃskāra-dharma.
It references jātakarman and upakarman as key rites where paternal instruction functions as a binding injunction.