Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
अहो बलीयान्सविधिर्येन जाता भवानिति । प्रतिक्षणं जनन्येति शिक्ष्यमाणोतिदुर्मदः
aho balīyānsavidhiryena jātā bhavāniti | pratikṣaṇaṃ jananyeti śikṣyamāṇotidurmadaḥ
Người ta nói: “Ôi, định mệnh thật hùng mạnh khiến ngươi được sinh ra!” Thế nhưng dù đang được răn dạy, hắn vẫn mỗi khoảnh khắc chạy về với mẹ, kiêu mạn tột cùng.
Unspecified narrator/admonisher in narrative (within Skanda’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse to Agastya-context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: People remark on the power of fate behind a man’s birth; the arrogant son repeatedly rushes to his mother, not in reverence but in domineering insistence, while elders attempt to instruct him.
FAQs
Pride blocks learning; even good birth is meaningless without humility and willingness to accept correction.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the ethical lesson is embedded in the Kāśī section.
None.