Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
ततः पप्रच्छ तां भार्यां गत्वा दुःखसमन्वितः । साऽप्युवाच ततस्तादृक्पापं गुरुजनोद्भवम्
tataḥ papraccha tāṃ bhāryāṃ gatvā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ | sā'pyuvāca tatastādṛkpāpaṃ gurujanodbhavam
Dann ging er, von Kummer erfüllt, zu seiner Gattin und befragte sie. Auch sie erwiderte: „Eine solche Sünde entsteht aus Verfehlung gegenüber den Älteren und Höhergestellten.“
Sūta (narrating reported speech)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sorrowful husband questions his wife; she answers with moral clarity, pointing toward the cause: wrongdoing toward elders. The scene contrasts emotional pain with ethical insight.
FAQs
Disrespect toward elders and teachers is a grave fault; dharma requires humility and repair through right counsel and atonement.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is moral groundwork within a tīrtha-centered chapter.
None stated; it identifies the root of sin (guru-janāparādha), implying the need for guided expiation.