Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
एवंभूता भवंत्येव मातापितृविवर्जिताः । निर्गुणा अकुलीनाश्च कर्मभ्रष्टा निरंकुशाः
evaṃbhūtā bhavaṃtyeva mātāpitṛvivarjitāḥ | nirguṇā akulīnāśca karmabhraṣṭā niraṃkuśāḥ
Such people indeed become as though devoid of mother and father—without virtues, of no noble lineage, fallen from proper duties, and unrestrained.
Unspecified character (continuing narrative speaker; not stated in snippet)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moralizing tableau: figures depicted as drifting without guidance—youths ignoring elders—contrasted with a steady ascetic or teacher figure in the background, suggesting the remedy.
FAQs
It warns against abandoning restraint and righteous conduct, portraying such a fall as a loss of grounding, virtue, and dharmic orientation.
Kāśī is the textual setting; this verse itself is moral commentary rather than tīrtha-glorification.
None; it is an ethical characterization.