Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
ब्रूहि मातर्झटित्यद्य कुतो दूनासि पत्त्रिणि । मयि जीवति ते बाले कालेपि कृतसाध्वसे
brūhi mātarjhaṭityadya kuto dūnāsi pattriṇi | mayi jīvati te bāle kālepi kṛtasādhvase
បពិត្រអ្នកម្តាយ សូមប្រាប់ខ្ញុំភ្លាមមក តើហេតុអ្វីបានជាអ្នកកើតទុក្ខយ៉ាងនេះ? ដរាបណាខ្ញុំនៅរស់ សូម្បីតែសេចក្តីស្លាប់ក៏មិនគួរជាហេតុនៃការភ័យខ្លាចរបស់អ្នកដែរ។
Suparṇa (Garuḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame) / internal interlocutors vary in Kāśīkhaṇḍa
Scene: Garuḍa, radiant and powerful, addresses his mother with urgent tenderness, promising protection even against Death; Vinatā appears distressed, eyes wet, posture bowed.
FAQs
It teaches protective filial dharma—strength and responsibility used to remove a parent’s fear and suffering.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse functions within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s narrative framework.
None.