Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
अनुज्ञयैषां वर्तध्वं मावज्ञां कुरुत क्वचित् । जातकं नामकरणं तथान्नप्राशनं शुभम्
anujñayaiṣāṃ vartadhvaṃ māvajñāṃ kuruta kvacit | jātakaṃ nāmakaraṇaṃ tathānnaprāśanaṃ śubham
اُن کی اجازت ہی سے زندگی بسر کرو؛ کبھی بھی اُن کی بے ادبی نہ کرنا۔ ولادت کے سنسکار، نامकरण اور مبارک اَنّ پراشن (پہلا اناج کھلانا) بھی اسی طرح اُن کی منظوری سے انجام دیے جائیں۔
Brahmā
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: A family approaches an elder/ācārya with folded hands seeking permission for a child’s naming/first-feeding; the elder blesses; the community watches respectfully.
FAQs
Humility and reverence for dharmic authority safeguard auspiciousness in life-cycle rites.
Dharmāraṇya is the contextual sacred region; the verse focuses on samskāra-dharma rather than a named pilgrimage spot.
Life-cycle samskāras: jātakarma (birth observance), nāmakaraṇa (naming), and annaprāśana (first feeding).