Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
उपाध्यायाद्दशाचार्य आचार्यात्तु शतं पिता । सहस्रं तु पितुर्माता गौरवेणातिरिच्यते
upādhyāyāddaśācārya ācāryāttu śataṃ pitā | sahasraṃ tu piturmātā gauraveṇātiricyate
تعظیم میں آچاریہ، اُپادھیائے سے دس گنا بڑھ کر ہے؛ باپ آچاریہ سے سو گنا بڑھ کر ہے؛ اور ماں، عزت میں باپ سے ہزار گنا بڑھ کر ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A household scene in Kāśī: a devotee bows first to mother, then father, then ācārya and upādhyāya seated in a teaching hall; the order of reverence is visually explicit.
FAQs
Dharma requires graded reverence: teachers are honored, yet parents—especially the mother—are held as supremely venerable.
The teaching is embedded in Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction, supporting Kāśī’s reputation as a land of right values.
Not a ritual act, but a dharmic prescription of honor and conduct toward instructors and parents.