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
साधुनिन्दायां यत्पापं मातापितृवधे च यत्, तन्मे स्यात्—यदि दृष्टिवशं गतं सर्पं न हन्मि।
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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.
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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.
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No positive prescription; it is an oath framed through references to major sins.
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