Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यदा रामेण देवेशि जमदग्निसुतेन वै । कृतो मातृवधो घोरः पितुराज्ञानुवर्तिना
yadā rāmeṇa deveśi jamadagnisutena vai | kṛto mātṛvadho ghoraḥ piturājñānuvartinā
Als, o Göttin der Götter, Rāma, der Sohn Jamadagni, dem Befehl seines Vaters folgend, den schrecklichen Muttermord beging,
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: temple
Listener: Devēśī/Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A dramatic flashback: young Paraśurāma, axe in hand, torn between command and compassion; Jamadagni as stern ascetic; the mother figure implied; the scene framed as a moral tragedy leading toward later expiation at Rāmeśvara.
FAQs
It frames a dharma-crisis: even obedience to authority can generate grave karmic burden, requiring repentance and sacred remedy.
The verse sets the backstory for why Jāmadagnya Rāma later seeks purification at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (developed in subsequent verses).
None explicitly; it introduces the cause for later tapas and liṅga-pratiṣṭhā as expiation.