Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
युवाभ्यां हितमेवाहं यत्करोम्यशुभं क्वचित् । तस्यांशं भुज्यते किंचिद्युवाभ्यां वा न वोच्यताम्
yuvābhyāṃ hitamevāhaṃ yatkaromyaśubhaṃ kvacit | tasyāṃśaṃ bhujyate kiṃcidyuvābhyāṃ vā na vocyatām
“میں جو کبھی کبھی کوئی ناپسندیدہ کام کر بیٹھتا ہوں، وہ تمہاری بھلائی ہی کے لیے ہوتا ہے۔ اس لیے اس کا کچھ حصہ تم بھی بھگتو—یا کم از کم مجھے منع نہ کرو۔”
The son (unnamed in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Parents
Scene: The son argues earnestly before his parents, hands partly folded yet gesturing defensively, asking them to accept a share or at least not restrain him; the parents remain grave.
FAQs
Good intention (supporting parents) is presented as justification, but the narrative sets up a dharmic correction: welfare cannot be pursued through aśubha means.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching sacred context; this verse itself is part of a moral dialogue rather than tīrtha-praise.
None; it concerns ethical reasoning about actions and their consequences.