Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 130
नूनं न चैषां जननी त्वं संज्ञा क्वापि सा गता । विकलेष्वप्यपत्येषु न माता शापदा भवेत्
nūnaṃ na caiṣāṃ jananī tvaṃ saṃjñā kvāpi sā gatā | vikaleṣvapyapatyeṣu na mātā śāpadā bhavet
Assurément, tu n’es pas leur véritable mère ; Saṃjñā est sans doute partie ailleurs. Même si les enfants sont imparfaits ou s’égarent, une mère ne doit pas devenir celle qui profère des malédictions.
Sūrya (Āditya) addressing Chāyā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Chāyā
Scene: Sūrya’s discerning rebuke: he infers Chāyā is not the true mother; Saṃjñā has gone elsewhere; he states the ethical maxim that a mother should not curse even flawed children.
FAQs
A mother’s dharma is compassion and protection; even when children falter, harsh cursing is portrayed as adharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching sacred geography of the section, though this verse is primarily ethical narrative.
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