Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
कुलक्षयभयात्तेन जातं स्वकुलनाशनम् । गंडांतयोगजनितो बालो न गृहकर्मकृत्
kulakṣayabhayāttena jātaṃ svakulanāśanam | gaṃḍāṃtayogajanito bālo na gṛhakarmakṛt
Out of fear that the lineage might perish, there arose—ironically—the ruin of his own family. A child was born under the dreaded gaṇḍānta conjunction, and he did not take up the duties of household life.
Narrator (contextual; likely Brahmā continuing the account)
Listener: Vaṃśaja (descendant)
Scene: A household gripped by fear of lineage loss; the birth of a child under gaṇḍānta is shown with ominous celestial signs, while the child later turns away from household rites, intensifying the family’s anxiety.
FAQs
Fear-driven attempts to preserve worldly lineage can backfire; destiny may instead turn one toward renunciation and higher knowledge.
This verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya frame, but the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated here; it sets narrative background about dharma and life-stage duties.