Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
गृहेपि शिष्यान्पश्यैतान्पितुस्ते विनयोचितान् । राजापि श्रोष्यति यदा तव दुश्चेष्टितं सुत
gṛhepi śiṣyānpaśyaitānpituste vinayocitān | rājāpi śroṣyati yadā tava duśceṣṭitaṃ suta
گھر میں بھی اپنے والد کے ان شاگردوں کو دیکھ جو ادب و آداب کے پیکر ہیں۔ اے بیٹے، جب بادشاہ تیری بد اعمالیوں کے بارے میں سنے گا تو انجام برا ہوگا۔
Unspecified admonisher in narrative (within Skanda’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse to Agastya-context)
Scene: Inside a teacher’s home: disciplined students sit in rows; the admonished boy is shown apart. In the background, a symbolic royal court silhouette suggests the king’s eventual notice and punishment.
FAQs
Discipline is learned by observing the disciplined; wrongdoing brings social and even royal repercussions—act with vinaya.
The setting remains Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse emphasizes conduct rather than a pilgrimage spot.
None; it warns of worldly consequences and urges disciplined behavior.