Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
संन्यस्ताखिलकर्मापि पितुर्वंद्यो हिमस्करी । सर्ववंद्येन यतिना प्रसूर्वंद्या प्रयत्नतः
saṃnyastākhilakarmāpi piturvaṃdyo himaskarī | sarvavaṃdyena yatinā prasūrvaṃdyā prayatnataḥ
அம்மை எல்லாக் கர்மங்களையும் துறந்திருந்தாலும், அவள் தந்தைக்கு வணங்கத்தக்கவளே; அனைவராலும் போற்றப்படும் யதியும் கூட, சிறப்பு முயற்சியுடன் அந்தப் பிரசூ—ஜன்மதாயை வணங்க வேண்டும்।
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).