Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
गृहात्संजायते भार्या ततः पुत्रश्च कन्यका । तेषामर्थे करोति स्म कृत्याकृत्यं ततः परम्
gṛhātsaṃjāyate bhāryā tataḥ putraśca kanyakā | teṣāmarthe karoti sma kṛtyākṛtyaṃ tataḥ param
Từ ngôi nhà mà có người vợ; rồi có con trai và con gái. Vì họ, người ta tiếp tục làm cả điều nên làm lẫn điều không nên làm về sau.
An ascetic/renunciate narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue (speaker not explicitly named in the provided snippet)
Scene: A house transforms into a growing vine of attachments: from the doorway emerge wife, son, and daughter; the man stands at a crossroads labeled dharma and adharma, showing how family-pressure can bend conduct.
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Attachment can push a person into moral compromise; dharma must not be sacrificed to desire and fear.
No specific pilgrimage site is named in this verse; it is general dharmic counsel within the Mahātmya.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the focus is ethical vigilance in household life.
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