Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
भवादृशानां साधूनां साधूनां तस्य त्यागो विगर्हितः । प्रतिश्रुता त्वया लब्धा तदा कालमियं मया
bhavādṛśānāṃ sādhūnāṃ sādhūnāṃ tasya tyāgo vigarhitaḥ | pratiśrutā tvayā labdhā tadā kālamiyaṃ mayā
‘آپ جیسے نیک مردوں کے لیے ایسا ترک کرنا قابلِ ملامت ہے۔ وہ اسی وقت آپ کے وعدے سے میرے لیے حاصل ہوئی تھی؛ اب مناسب وقت پر میں اسے لینے آیا ہوں۔’
The cursed petitioner (unnamed in the snippet)
Scene: The speaker respectfully yet firmly admonishes a revered ‘good man’ figure, pointing to the moral stain of abandonment; the sense is of honor being tested in public view.
FAQs
The virtuous are held to higher standards: breaking one’s pledged commitment is socially and spiritually censured.
None is specified.
None; it is an ethical argument about the impropriety of abandoning a promise.