Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
पितृमातृवधाज्जातं यत्कृतं तेन पाप्मना । क्षत्रियापसदेनात्र तथान्यदपि कुत्सितम्
pitṛmātṛvadhājjātaṃ yatkṛtaṃ tena pāpmanā | kṣatriyāpasadenātra tathānyadapi kutsitam
«Tout ce qui fut accompli ici par ce pécheur—né du crime de tuer père et mère—par ce vil paria parmi les kṣatriyas, et toute autre action honteuse encore…».
Rāma (Jamadagnija/Paraśurāma)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within the frame (sages/brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A denunciatory recounting of crimes: a shadowed figure symbolizing the ‘kṣatriyāpasada’, elders/parents as faint silhouettes, sages listening with sorrow and disgust, the atmosphere heavy with moral gravity.
FAQs
It highlights the Purāṇic hierarchy of grave sins—especially violence against parents—and the resulting moral urgency in dharmic response.
Not specified in this verse; the chapter belongs to a larger tīrtha-glorification context.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse intensifies the ethical indictment driving the subsequent vow.