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
ধর্মচিন্তকেরা মনে করেন, নারীরা অবধ্য—অর্থাৎ বধযোগ্য নন—এইরূপে সৃষ্ট। অতএব হে ধর্মজ্ঞ, মুনিদের যুক্তিসংগত মত—ধর্মের দ্বারা ধর্মই পালনীয়।
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.