Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 123
निगुर्णेष्वपि पुत्रेषु न माता निर्गुणा भवेत् । पादस्ते पततां पुत्र कथमेतत्तयोदितम्
nigurṇeṣvapi putreṣu na mātā nirguṇā bhavet | pādaste patatāṃ putra kathametattayoditam
மகன்கள் குணமற்றவர்களாயினும் தாய் குணமற்றவளாக ஆகக் கூடாது. ‘மகனே, உன் பாதம் விழட்டும்’ என்று அவள் எப்படிச் சொன்னாள்?
Sūrya (deduced as the father addressing Yama; the verse is paternal counsel)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: An elder (father/authority) admonishes: a mother should not speak cruelly; the son stands with lowered head; the mother appears conflicted, anger cooling into regret.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld by virtue, not by circumstance; parental roles carry ethical standards even amid conflict.
This counsel appears within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative of the Skanda Purana.
None; it is moral instruction within the māhātmya कथा.