Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37
स एतान्नियमान्सर्वान्पालयेन्नात्र संशयः । एवं पत्रं लिखित्वा तु वाडवास्ते प्रह र्षिताः
sa etānniyamānsarvānpālayennātra saṃśayaḥ | evaṃ patraṃ likhitvā tu vāḍavāste praha rṣitāḥ
عليه أن يحفظ جميع هذه القيود؛ لا ريب في ذلك. ثم لما كتبوا وثيقةً على هذا النحو، فرح أولئك الـvāḍavas وابتهجوا.
Narratorial voice (contextual dharma-instruction; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)
Scene: A group of vāḍavas (community members) gathered around a scribe writing on palm-leaf; after the document is completed, they raise hands in approval, faces bright with relief and joy.
FAQs
Dharma becomes durable when rules are clearly maintained and collectively affirmed, even through formal documentation.
The verse is procedural and does not explicitly glorify a named tīrtha.
No ritual; it emphasizes observance of niyamas and the formal recording of communal rules.