Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
तातैतन्महदाश्चर्यमदृष्टमिति च क्वचित् । माता वात्सल्यरूपेण शापं पुत्रे प्रयच्छति
tātaitanmahadāścaryamadṛṣṭamiti ca kvacit | mātā vātsalyarūpeṇa śāpaṃ putre prayacchati
គាត់ពោលថា «ឱ ព្រះបិតា នេះជាអស្ចារ្យដ៏ធំ—កម្រណាស់ដែលបានឃើញថា មាតា សូម្បីតែដោយរូបនៃសេចក្តីស្រឡាញ់ ក៏ដាក់បណ្តាសាលើកូនប្រុសរបស់ខ្លួន»។
Yama (addressing his father, Vivasvān/Sūrya)
Scene: Yama addresses his father with a mix of awe and distress, gesturing as if presenting an unprecedented moral puzzle: a mother cursing a son ‘out of affection’.
FAQs
Affection and correction can coexist; dharma may require even a parent to restrain a child for higher order.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on dharma within a divine-family narrative.
None; the verse discusses moral astonishment at a maternal curse.