Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
आच्छादयामि ते नित्यं पितुरग्रे कुचेष्टितम् । लोकमान्योस्ति ते तातः सदाचारैर्न वै धनैः
ācchādayāmi te nityaṃ pituragre kuceṣṭitam | lokamānyosti te tātaḥ sadācārairna vai dhanaiḥ
‘നിന്റെ കുചേഷ്ടകള് ഞാൻ നിത്യവും പിതാവിന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ മറയ്ക്കുന്നു. നിന്റെ പിതാവ് ലോകമാന്യൻ—ധനത്താൽ അല്ല, സദാചാരത്താൽ’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The mother confesses she continually hides the son’s misdeeds before the father and praises the father’s public honor as founded on good conduct, not riches; a moral-axiom moment in a domestic setting.
FAQs
True social and spiritual honor arises from sadācāra, not from riches.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s overarching sacred geography is Kāśī, though this verse stresses dharmic ethics.
None explicitly; the verse prescribes a value: sadācāra as the basis of esteem.