Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 122
शप्तोऽहं तात कोपेन तया सुत इति स्फुटम् । अतो न मह्यं जननी सा भवेद्वदतां वर
śapto'haṃ tāta kopena tayā suta iti sphuṭam | ato na mahyaṃ jananī sā bhavedvadatāṃ vara
“Father, I have plainly been cursed by her in anger—‘you are my son.’ Therefore she cannot be my mother, O best of speakers.”
Yama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A distressed son addressing his father/elder: the mother’s angry curse hangs in the air like a dark ribbon of words; the son’s face shows disbelief and hurt.
FAQs
A curse born of anger fractures sacred relationships; dharma calls for restraint so bonds are not turned into instruments of harm.
The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya within the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None; it is a relational and ethical claim within the story.
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