Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
पिप्पलाद उवाच । अद्यप्रभृति बालानां वर्षादा षोडशाद्ग्रह । पीडा त्वया न कर्तव्या एष ते समयः कृतः
pippalāda uvāca | adyaprabhṛti bālānāṃ varṣādā ṣoḍaśādgraha | pīḍā tvayā na kartavyā eṣa te samayaḥ kṛtaḥ
Pippalāda nói: “Từ hôm nay trở đi, hỡi Graha, ngươi không được làm khổ trẻ nhỏ từ một tuổi cho đến mười sáu tuổi. Đây là giao ước ta đặt ra cho ngươi.”
Pippalāda
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śanaiścara (addressed as graha)
Scene: Pippalāda, resolute, pronounces a binding covenant to the Graha: no affliction for children aged one to sixteen; the moment feels like a cosmic legal decree.
FAQs
Dharma includes protecting the vulnerable; even powerful forces are bound by righteous injunction and self-restraint.
The verse occurs in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), though this particular line focuses on graha-restraint rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it establishes a binding rule (samaya) restricting graha-caused harm to children.
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