Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
इत्यनुज्ञामनुप्राप्य जननी चरणांबुजौ । क्षणं मौलिजजंबाल जडौ कृत्वा ध्रुवो ययौ
ityanujñāmanuprāpya jananī caraṇāṃbujau | kṣaṇaṃ maulijajaṃbāla jaḍau kṛtvā dhruvo yayau
Demikian, setelah memperoleh izin, Dhruva seketika membuat kaki teratai ibunya tidak bergerak dengan jala rambut dari kepalanya (ketika bersujud dan berpaut), lalu ia pun berangkat.
Skanda to Agastya (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis
Scene: Dhruva bows deeply, his hair falling like a net over his mother’s lotus-feet, momentarily ‘holding’ them as he clings in farewell; Sunīti stands steady, granting permission with a blessing gesture.
FAQs
Spiritual striving is ideally begun with reverence and permission from elders; devotion and duty (to mother) accompany renunciation.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it appears in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s narrative arc.
None explicitly; the act shown is respectful obeisance to a parent’s feet.