Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
दक्ष उवाच । अयि कन्ये महाधन्ये ह्यनन्ये सर्वमंगले । अयं ते न मनाग्दोषो दोष एष ममैव हि
dakṣa uvāca | ayi kanye mahādhanye hyananye sarvamaṃgale | ayaṃ te na manāgdoṣo doṣa eṣa mamaiva hi
ദക്ഷൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ പുത്രി, മഹാധന്യേ, അനന്യഭക്തേ, സർവ്വമംഗളമയീ! ഇതിൽ നിനക്കു ലേശമാത്രം ദോഷമില്ല; ഈ ദോഷം സത്യത്തിൽ എന്റേതു മാത്രമാണ്.
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Satī
Scene: Dakṣa, softened by remorse, addresses his daughter with folded hands; Satī stands calm and radiant, embodying steadfast devotion; the atmosphere is intimate, penitential, and reconciliatory.
FAQs
True dharma includes humility—owning one’s error rather than blaming the innocent.
The verse occurs in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa context, framing the teaching within the sanctity of Kāśī, though no specific tīrtha is named in this line.
None; it is a moral admission within a narrative dialogue.