Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
अहो धार्ष्ट्यं महद्दृष्टं जटिलस्याद्य चाद्भुतम् । यदासनान्नोत्थितोसौ दृष्ट्वा मां श्वशुरं गुरुम्
aho dhārṣṭyaṃ mahaddṛṣṭaṃ jaṭilasyādya cādbhutam | yadāsanānnotthitosau dṛṣṭvā māṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum
अहो! आज या जटाधारी तपस्व्याची केवढी ही उद्दामता आणि आश्चर्य पाहिले, की मला, सासरा आणि गुरु असूनही पाहून तो आसनावरून उठला नाही.
Unspecified character (contextual speaker within narrative; not stated in snippet)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An elder (father-in-law/guru figure) arrives with retinue; a matted-haired ascetic remains seated, composed. The elder’s face shows offended astonishment; the ascetic’s gaze is steady and inward.
FAQs
It highlights a tension between social dharma (respect to elders) and the perceived unconventional conduct of renunciants within Purāṇic narratives.
The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī setting), though no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is a narrative observation about conduct.