Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
कृतं किमद्य रे मंद गतेऽहनि च किं कृतम् । नाऽशितं च त्वया मूढ लंघितेनाद्य पापिना
kṛtaṃ kimadya re maṃda gate'hani ca kiṃ kṛtam | nā'śitaṃ ca tvayā mūḍha laṃghitenādya pāpinā
“എ മന്ദബുദ്ധിയേ! ഇന്ന് നീ എന്തു ചെയ്തു, ദിവസം കഴിഞ്ഞിട്ടും എന്തു നേടി? നീ ഒന്നും കഴിച്ചില്ല, മൂഢനേ! ഇന്ന് നിയമലംഘനം ചെയ്ത് ദോഷിയായി.”
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Type: ghat
Scene: The wife, now stern, scolds her husband for not eating and for a perceived transgression; the husband appears confused or chastened, the river behind them steady and indifferent.
FAQs
Dharma includes practical responsibility; negligence and excess are criticized even within emotionally charged situations.
Kedāra-kṣetra by narrative setting; the tīrtha backdrop intensifies the moral weight of everyday conduct.
No formal prescription; the verse discusses the impropriety of not eating (seen here as a lapse in duty/measure).