Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
तातैतन्महदाश्चर्यमदृष्टमिति च क्वचित् । माता वात्सल्यरूपेण शापं पुत्रे प्रयच्छति
tātaitanmahadāścaryamadṛṣṭamiti ca kvacit | mātā vātsalyarūpeṇa śāpaṃ putre prayacchati
“父亲，这实在是大奇异，世所罕见：母亲竟以慈爱之名，反将诅咒加于其子。”
Yama (addressing his father, Vivasvān/Sūrya)
Scene: Yama addresses his father with a mix of awe and distress, gesturing as if presenting an unprecedented moral puzzle: a mother cursing a son ‘out of affection’.
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Affection and correction can coexist; dharma may require even a parent to restrain a child for higher order.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on dharma within a divine-family narrative.
None; the verse discusses moral astonishment at a maternal curse.
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