Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
ततो मूकोऽयमित्येव नानोपायैः प्रबोधितः । पित्रा यदा न कुरुते व्यवहाराय मानसम्
tato mūko'yamityeva nānopāyaiḥ prabodhitaḥ | pitrā yadā na kurute vyavahārāya mānasam
അപ്പോൾ ‘ഇവൻ മൂകനാണ്’ എന്നു കരുതി പിതാവ് പല ഉപായങ്ങളാൽ അവനെ ഉണർത്താൻ ശ്രമിച്ചു; എന്നാൽ അവൻ ലോകവ്യവഹാരത്തിലേക്ക് മനസ്സുപോലും തിരിക്കാതിരുന്നപ്പോൾ—
Nārada
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: A father attempts various remedies—calling, offering toys/food, bringing teachers—while the child remains inwardly fixed; the household watches in mixed pity and frustration.
FAQs
The tension between worldly expectations and inner spiritual absorption is acknowledged, setting the stage for divine resolution and grace.
Not named in this verse; it remains part of the biographical narrative connected to the adhyāya’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; it narrates the father’s attempts to bring the boy into ordinary social behavior.