Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
जिघांसता त्वया पाप मां यदंघ्रिः समुद्यतः । अचिरात्तत्पतत्वेष तवेति भृशदुःखिता
jighāṃsatā tvayā pāpa māṃ yadaṃghriḥ samudyataḥ | acirāttatpatatveṣa taveti bhṛśaduḥkhitā
“Sinful one! Since, intending to strike me, you raised your foot—may that very foot soon fall away from you!” Thus she spoke, grievously afflicted.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close focus on the mother’s anguished yet fierce face as she utters the curse; Yama’s raised foot highlighted, with a visual suggestion of impending withering/falling away; onlookers distressed.
FAQs
Harming intent rebounds as suffering; even a moment’s aggression can yield severe karmic consequence.
None explicitly; the verse is part of a didactic myth within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None.