Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 102
यत्पापं साधुनिंदायां मातापितृवधे च यत् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्
yatpāpaṃ sādhuniṃdāyāṃ mātāpitṛvadhe ca yat | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam
Que le péché de blâmer les vertueux et le péché de tuer sa mère et son père viennent sur moi, si je ne tue pas le serpent qui tombe sous mon regard.
Unspecified first-person narrator (context not provided in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A darkened, heavy scene: the oath-taker’s words conjure the specter of sādhu-nindā and parent-slaying as looming shadows; the serpent remains the immediate object, but the moral horror dominates.
FAQs
It underscores the Purāṇic view that sādhu-nindā and harming parents are grave sins, and it shows how an oath may invoke such categories to intensify resolve.
Not stated in this verse.
No positive prescription; it is an oath framed through references to major sins.