Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
यदि मातस्त्वया सार्धं व्याघ्रो मां सूदयिष्यति । या गतिर्मातृभक्तानां सा मे नूनं भविष्यति
yadi mātastvayā sārdhaṃ vyāghro māṃ sūdayiṣyati | yā gatirmātṛbhaktānāṃ sā me nūnaṃ bhaviṣyati
ឱ ម្តាយអើយ ប្រសិនបើខ្លាចចចក (ខ្លា) សម្លាប់ខ្ញុំ ដោយមានអ្នកនៅជាមួយ នោះគតិដែលអ្នកគោរពស្រឡាញ់ម្តាយទទួលបាន នោះប្រាកដជានឹងជាគតិរបស់ខ្ញុំ។
Vatsa
Listener: Mother
Scene: A tiger emerges from the forest edge; mother and son stand together. The son speaks with calm bravery, accepting death if it comes alongside his mother.
FAQs
Devotion to one’s mother is portrayed as a dharma so powerful that even a violent death becomes spiritually meaningful and leads to an auspicious gati.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharmic teaching within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
None; the ‘practice’ here is steadfast mātṛ-bhakti.
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