Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
असाक्षिकेषु चार्थेषु मिथो विवदमानयोः । राजद्रोहाभिशापेषु साहसेषु तथैव च
asākṣikeṣu cārtheṣu mitho vivadamānayoḥ | rājadrohābhiśāpeṣu sāhaseṣu tathaiva ca
في القضايا التي لا شهودَ فيها، حين يتنازعُ خصمان؛ وفي اتّهامات الخيانة للملك؛ وفي ما يتعلّق باللعنات والتشهير؛ وكذلك في أفعال العنف—(في مثل هذه الأحوال تُستعمل الامتحانات الإلهية).
Nārada
Listener: Arjuna
Scene: A royal court or council where two disputants argue without witnesses; ministers and a sage advise; symbols of treason accusation and violence cases appear as shadowed vignettes, emphasizing the need for divine ordeal.
FAQs
Society must uphold truth and justice; when ordinary proof is missing, dharmic systems prescribe extraordinary means to prevent adharma.
None; the verse is juridical/dharmic rather than tīrtha-centered.
It specifies the contexts—witnessless disputes and grave charges—where divya-parīkṣā may be invoked.