Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
अधीत्याध्ययनार्थं स द्वित्रैर्मित्रैः समं ययौ । एकपुत्रेति तन्माता प्रतारयति दीक्षितम्
adhītyādhyayanārthaṃ sa dvitrairmitraiḥ samaṃ yayau | ekaputreti tanmātā pratārayati dīkṣitam
Having completed his earlier studies, he went out for further learning together with two or three companions. But his mother—thinking, “He is my only son”—kept coaxing and deceiving Dīkṣita, indulging him and covering for him.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A young student setting out with a few companions for further study while his anxious mother, clinging to him as her only son, persuades and shields him; domestic threshold scene with undertone of impending moral conflict.
FAQs
Over-attachment can distort dharma; affection must be guided by truth and right conduct.
The broader context is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is a moral narrative passage rather than a direct tīrtha-glorification.
None explicitly; the verse frames a life-stage of study (adhyayana) as a dharmic pursuit.