Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
पितोवाच । युक्तं पुत्रानया प्रोक्तं मात्रा तव हितं तथा । ममापि संमतं ह्येतत्करिष्यामि न संशयः
pitovāca | yuktaṃ putrānayā proktaṃ mātrā tava hitaṃ tathā | mamāpi saṃmataṃ hyetatkariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ
പിതാവ് പറഞ്ഞു—മകനേ, നിന്റെ മാതാവ് പറഞ്ഞത് യുക്തമാണ്; അത് നിന്റെ ഹിതത്തിനായാണ്. എനിക്കും ഇത് സമ്മതമാണ്; ഞാനും അത് ചെയ്യും—സംശയമില്ല.
Father (pitā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The father, composed yet sorrowful, speaks approvingly, placing a reassuring hand gesture toward the son; the mother stands nearby, resolute.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through discernment (yukti) and concern for another’s welfare (hita), not merely personal impulse.
The episode is situated within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, soon connecting to Vāstupada where guidance is sought.
Prāyaścitta is the underlying theme; the verse focuses on assent to a course of action rather than specifying a new rite.