Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
पितृमातृवधाज्जातं यत्कृतं तेन पाप्मना । क्षत्रियापसदेनात्र तथान्यदपि कुत्सितम्
pitṛmātṛvadhājjātaṃ yatkṛtaṃ tena pāpmanā | kṣatriyāpasadenātra tathānyadapi kutsitam
“Apa pun yang telah dilakukan di sini oleh si pendosa itu—yang lahir daripada dosa membunuh bapa dan ibu—oleh si hina yang tersisih dalam kalangan kṣatriya itu, dan juga perbuatan keji yang lain…”
Rāma (Jamadagnija/Paraśurāma)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within the frame (sages/brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A denunciatory recounting of crimes: a shadowed figure symbolizing the ‘kṣatriyāpasada’, elders/parents as faint silhouettes, sages listening with sorrow and disgust, the atmosphere heavy with moral gravity.
FAQs
It highlights the Purāṇic hierarchy of grave sins—especially violence against parents—and the resulting moral urgency in dharmic response.
Not specified in this verse; the chapter belongs to a larger tīrtha-glorification context.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse intensifies the ethical indictment driving the subsequent vow.