Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
अधोवक्त्रो द्विजश्रेष्ठाः पितुरादेशमाश्रितः । बालभावेऽपि तेनैव दग्धौ पादौ तदा रवेः
adhovaktro dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ piturādeśamāśritaḥ | bālabhāve'pi tenaiva dagdhau pādau tadā raveḥ
हे द्विजश्रेष्ठांनो! तो अधोमुख होता व पित्याच्या आज्ञेवर चालत होता; तरीही बाल्यावस्थेत त्या कर्मानेच तेव्हा रवि (सूर्य) यांचे पाय दग्ध झाले।
Narrator (addressing sages/brāhmaṇas)
Listener: dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: A downward-faced figure (Śani) in mid-descent, while the Sun (Ravi) is shown with scorched feet—an unusual iconographic detail—emphasizing the paradox of a child’s act harming a cosmic luminary.
FAQs
Actions done even under instruction can have grave consequences; dharma requires awareness, restraint, and responsibility beyond mere obedience.
Not specified in this verse; it provides mythic background within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None.