Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84
न वाहयेद्गृहे जातं वत्सकं तु कदाचन । तेनैव च वृषोत्सर्गे पितॄणामनृणो भवेत्
na vāhayedgṛhe jātaṃ vatsakaṃ tu kadācana | tenaiva ca vṛṣotsarge pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet
स्वगृही जन्मलेला वासरू कधीही ओझे वाहण्यासाठी लावू नये. त्याच्याच द्वारा वृषोत्सर्ग विधीत पितृऋणातून मुक्त होता येते.
Unspecified in snippet (Revā-khaṇḍa narrator)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu (general)
Type: river
Scene: A householder gently tending a home-born calf, refusing to yoke it; later, a ceremonial vṛṣotsarga scene: a decorated bull is ritually released with mantras, elders performing tarpaṇa nearby.
FAQs
Dharma includes compassion and restraint toward cattle, and sacred gifting can fulfill ancestral obligations.
The Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha framework where vṛṣotsarga is praised (the verse itself does not name the ford).
Do not use a home-born calf for labor; employ it (when mature, per context) in vṛṣotsarga to become free from pitṛ-debt.