Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
संन्यस्ताखिलकर्मापि पितुर्वंद्यो हिमस्करी । सर्ववंद्येन यतिना प्रसूर्वंद्या प्रयत्नतः
saṃnyastākhilakarmāpi piturvaṃdyo himaskarī | sarvavaṃdyena yatinā prasūrvaṃdyā prayatnataḥ
ମାତା ସମସ୍ତ କର୍ମ ସନ୍ନ୍ୟାସ କରିଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେ ପିତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ବନ୍ଦନୀୟା; ଏବଂ ସର୍ବେ ବନ୍ଦନ କରୁଥିବା ଯତି ମଧ୍ୟ ବିଶେଷ ପ୍ରୟାସରେ ସେହି ପ୍ରସୂ—ଜନ୍ମଦାତ୍ରୀ ମାତାଙ୍କୁ ବନ୍ଦନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।
Nārada (continued discourse)
Tirtha: Kāśī (ethical mahatmya within the kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A revered ascetic (yati) with staff and waterpot bows to an elderly mother; the father also offers respectful salutation; the scene is set near a Kāśī courtyard with distant temple spires.
FAQs
Renunciation does not cancel gratitude; reverence to one’s mother remains obligatory even for the spiritually exalted.
No site; the verse glorifies the ‘living tīrtha’ principle—motherhood as sacred.
Vandanā (reverential honoring) of the mother, emphasized as a deliberate practice (prayatnataḥ).