Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25
इत्थं विनिश्चित्य च भूमिपालः सक्तः सपत्नीषु तदात्मजेषु । आहूय सूतं निजदारपुत्रौ निर्वापयामास रथेन दूरम्
itthaṃ viniścitya ca bhūmipālaḥ saktaḥ sapatnīṣu tadātmajeṣu | āhūya sūtaṃ nijadāraputrau nirvāpayāmāsa rathena dūram
ऐसा निश्चय करके, सह-पत्नियों और उनके पुत्रों में आसक्त राजा ने सारथी को बुलाया और अपनी ही पत्नी तथा पुत्र को रथ में दूर ले जाकर त्याग दिया।
Narrator (likely the Purāṇic storyteller; exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A chariot at palace gates; the king orders the charioteer; a distressed wife holds her child; the chariot departs toward distant wilderness as courtiers watch in silence.
FAQs
Attachment and partiality can push a ruler into adharma, harming the innocent and intensifying karmic consequences.
No holy site is referenced; this is a moral-narrative turn within the chapter.
None; the verse describes an act of banishment, not a ritual.