Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
ब्रूहि मातर्झटित्यद्य कुतो दूनासि पत्त्रिणि । मयि जीवति ते बाले कालेपि कृतसाध्वसे
brūhi mātarjhaṭityadya kuto dūnāsi pattriṇi | mayi jīvati te bāle kālepi kṛtasādhvase
அம்மா, இன்று உடனே சொல்—ஓ சிறகுடையவளே—நீ ஏன் இவ்வளவு துயருற்றாய்? நான் உயிருடன் இருக்கையில், ஓ மென்மையான பெண்ணே, மரணம்கூட உனக்குப் பயக்காரணமாகாது.
Suparṇa (Garuḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame) / internal interlocutors vary in Kāśīkhaṇḍa
Scene: Garuḍa, radiant and powerful, addresses his mother with urgent tenderness, promising protection even against Death; Vinatā appears distressed, eyes wet, posture bowed.
FAQs
It teaches protective filial dharma—strength and responsibility used to remove a parent’s fear and suffering.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse functions within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s narrative framework.
None.