Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76
हृतस्वश्चान्यचित्तश्च शून्याह्येते भवंति च । तदेषु मतिमान्कोपं न कुर्वीत यदि त्वया
hṛtasvaścānyacittaśca śūnyāhyete bhavaṃti ca | tadeṣu matimānkopaṃ na kurvīta yadi tvayā
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Hārīta
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A calm admonition: the wise should not become angry at people rendered mentally vacant by sleep, fear, desire, grief, theft, or distraction; Nārada receives the counsel.
FAQs
Practice forbearance: those overwhelmed by loss or distraction lack inner stability; anger toward them is adharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned; it is a universal dharma guideline.
None; it prescribes an ethical discipline—restraint of kopa (anger).