Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
वत्स सामान्यपुत्रोऽपि पित्रोः सुखकरः सदा । शुद्धायां मातरी भवोमत्तः किं पीडयस्यलम्
vatsa sāmānyaputro'pi pitroḥ sukhakaraḥ sadā | śuddhāyāṃ mātarī bhavomattaḥ kiṃ pīḍayasyalam
កូនអើយ សូម្បីតែកូនធម្មតាក៏ជាប្រភពសុខសាន្តដល់ឪពុកម្តាយជានិច្ច។ ម្តាយក៏បរិសុទ្ធហើយ តើហេតុអ្វីអ្នកត្រូវធ្វើឲ្យនាងទទួលទុក្ខយ៉ាងនេះពីខាងក្នុង?
Unspecified (context suggests a parent speaking to the unborn child/garbha)
Listener: The extraordinary child (unborn/withheld manifestation)
Scene: Māṃṭi speaks tenderly toward the unseen child, one hand raised in gentle counsel, the other indicating the suffering mother; the mother appears pure and patient, emphasizing moral appeal over force.
FAQs
Even ordinary goodness brings joy; needless harm and agitation should be abandoned, especially toward one’s mother.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the focus is ethical instruction within the narrative.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the teaching is moral restraint and reverence toward the mother.