Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
कृतं किमद्य रे मंद गतेऽहनि च किं कृतम् । नाऽशितं च त्वया मूढ लंघितेनाद्य पापिना
kṛtaṃ kimadya re maṃda gate'hani ca kiṃ kṛtam | nā'śitaṃ ca tvayā mūḍha laṃghitenādya pāpinā
“آج تم نے کیا کیا، اے کند ذہن—دن گزر گیا تو کیا حاصل کیا؟ تم نے کچھ بھی نہیں کھایا، اے نادان؛ آج تم نے حد توڑ کر اپنے اوپر گناہ کا بوجھ لیا ہے۔”
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Type: ghat
Scene: The wife, now stern, scolds her husband for not eating and for a perceived transgression; the husband appears confused or chastened, the river behind them steady and indifferent.
FAQs
Dharma includes practical responsibility; negligence and excess are criticized even within emotionally charged situations.
Kedāra-kṣetra by narrative setting; the tīrtha backdrop intensifies the moral weight of everyday conduct.
No formal prescription; the verse discusses the impropriety of not eating (seen here as a lapse in duty/measure).
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