Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27
माता च पितृभार्या च मातृमाता पितामही । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा हितं तासां समाचरेत्
mātā ca pitṛbhāryā ca mātṛmātā pitāmahī | karmaṇā manasā vācā hitaṃ tāsāṃ samācaret
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Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau: nāga speakers or a sage-like figure enumerates revered female elders; the composition emphasizes calm instruction and attentive listening.
FAQs
Dharma is practiced through reverence and beneficent conduct toward mother-figures, in thought, word, and deed.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it presents a general dharma teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
No specific rite is prescribed; the instruction is ethical discipline—beneficial conduct through the three instruments (mind, speech, action).