Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
अधोवक्त्रो द्विजश्रेष्ठाः पितुरादेशमाश्रितः । बालभावेऽपि तेनैव दग्धौ पादौ तदा रवेः
adhovaktro dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ piturādeśamāśritaḥ | bālabhāve'pi tenaiva dagdhau pādau tadā raveḥ
“اے برہمنوں کے سردارو! وہ سر جھکائے، باپ کے حکم پر عمل کر رہا تھا؛ پھر بھی بچپن ہی میں اسی فعل سے اُس وقت روی (سورج) کے قدم جھلس گئے۔”
Narrator (addressing sages/brāhmaṇas)
Listener: dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: A downward-faced figure (Śani) in mid-descent, while the Sun (Ravi) is shown with scorched feet—an unusual iconographic detail—emphasizing the paradox of a child’s act harming a cosmic luminary.
FAQs
Actions done even under instruction can have grave consequences; dharma requires awareness, restraint, and responsibility beyond mere obedience.
Not specified in this verse; it provides mythic background within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None.