Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
सर्वदा मिष्टमश्नाति कर्मणा येन भास्करे । न चूडाकरणं चास्य कृतमब्दे यथाकुलम्
sarvadā miṣṭamaśnāti karmaṇā yena bhāskare | na cūḍākaraṇaṃ cāsya kṛtamabde yathākulam
(C’est le rite) par lequel on est béni de manger toujours des douceurs, ô Bhāskara; pourtant, sa tonsure (cūḍākaraṇa) non plus ne fut pas accomplie l’année requise selon l’usage de la lignée.
Citragupta
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhāskara (explicit vocative in verse)
Scene: A barber’s tools and ritual items lie unused; the child’s hair remains unshorn. A narrator addresses ‘Bhāskara’ as witness, while sweets are present yet symbolically withheld—linking rite and promised sweetness.
FAQs
Dharma is lived through disciplined observance of rites aligned with family and śāstra.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s ethical narrative.
Cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure) is referenced, to be performed at the proper age/year according to kula practice.