Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 102
यत्पापं साधुनिंदायां मातापितृवधे च यत् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्
yatpāpaṃ sādhuniṃdāyāṃ mātāpitṛvadhe ca yat | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam
Biarlah dosa mencela orang suci dan dosa membunuh ibu bapa menimpa diriku—jika aku tidak membunuh ular yang masuk ke dalam pandanganku.
Unspecified first-person narrator (context not provided in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A darkened, heavy scene: the oath-taker’s words conjure the specter of sādhu-nindā and parent-slaying as looming shadows; the serpent remains the immediate object, but the moral horror dominates.
FAQs
It underscores the Purāṇic view that sādhu-nindā and harming parents are grave sins, and it shows how an oath may invoke such categories to intensify resolve.
Not stated in this verse.
No positive prescription; it is an oath framed through references to major sins.