Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
अवध्याश्च स्त्रियः सृष्टा मन्यंते धर्मचिंतकाः । तस्माद्धर्मेण धर्मज्ञ एष वादो मनीषिणाम्
avadhyāśca striyaḥ sṛṣṭā manyaṃte dharmaciṃtakāḥ | tasmāddharmeṇa dharmajña eṣa vādo manīṣiṇām
ধৰ্মচিন্তকসকলে মানে যে স্ত্ৰীসকলক অবধ্য—অর্থাৎ বধ নকৰিবলগীয়া—বুলি সৃষ্টি কৰা হৈছে। সেয়ে, হে ধৰ্মজ্ঞ, এইয়াই মনীষীসকলৰ যুক্তিসংগত মত—ধৰ্মেৰে ধৰ্ম পালন হওক।
Unspecified (petitioners appealing to dharma before the brāhmaṇa)
Scene: A didactic moment: one speaker gestures as if citing dharma; the sage listens with composed authority. The atmosphere shifts from emotional pleading to reasoned ethical discourse.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through restraint and lawful compassion; the wise argue for non-violence and principled judgment.
No tīrtha is mentioned; this is a dharma-argument within the story.
None; it presents a normative ethical claim rather than a rite.