Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 15
पुनःपुनर्गुरुं प्राह शिष्यो निर्बन्धवान्यदा । तदा गुरुर्गुरुक्रुद्धः शिष्यं प्राह च निष्ठुरम्
punaḥpunarguruṃ prāha śiṣyo nirbandhavānyadā | tadā gururgurukruddhaḥ śiṣyaṃ prāha ca niṣṭhuram
ശിഷ്യൻ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നിർബന്ധത്തോടെ ഗുരുവിനോട് പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, ആ പിടിവാശിയിൽ ഗുരു ക്രുദ്ധനായി ശിഷ്യനോട് കഠിനവചനം പറഞ്ഞു।
Narrator (Ayodhyāmāhātmya frame; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—traditionally Brahmā to Nārada)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The disciple repeatedly petitions; the guru’s face hardens, brows knit, and he speaks sternly—an austere moment of correction in the hermitage.
FAQs
Even good intentions must be guided by humility; insistence that disregards the guru’s word disrupts dharmic harmony.
Ayodhyā is the broader sacred setting of the narration.
No direct ritual; it concerns the ethics of requesting and offering dakṣiṇā.