Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
साप्येकहायनं बालमुद्वहन्ती निजात्मजम् । अधना भर्तृरहिता याचमाना गृहेगृहे
sāpyekahāyanaṃ bālamudvahantī nijātmajam | adhanā bhartṛrahitā yācamānā gṛhegṛhe
وہ بھی اپنے ایک سالہ بیٹے کو اٹھائے ہوئے تھی؛ غریب اور شوہر سے محروم، گھر گھر جا کر بھیک مانگتی پھرتی تھی۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in the given snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A poor husbandless brāhmaṇa woman carries her one-year-old child on her hip while begging from door to door; her face shows fatigue yet dignity; the settlement appears modest near the water.
FAQs
The verse underscores social dharma: those in hardship exist within society’s moral field, where charity and protection are sacred duties.
None; the focus is on the woman’s life condition.
No direct prescription, but the setting evokes dāna (charity) as a dharmic responsibility toward beggars and the vulnerable.