Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
तथास्य पत्न्यास्तत्पापं जानंत्या यत्तयोदितम् । मत्पित्रा ब्राह्मणैर्दत्तोऽयं पुरा वह्निसंनिधौ
tathāsya patnyāstatpāpaṃ jānaṃtyā yattayoditam | matpitrā brāhmaṇairdatto'yaṃ purā vahnisaṃnidhau
তদ্রূপ তার স্ত্রীর ওপরও সেই পাপ বর্তায়, কারণ সে তাদের বলা কথা জানত। ‘এটি পূর্বে আমার পিতা ব্রাহ্মণদের সঙ্গে পবিত্র অগ্নির সন্নিধানে প্রদান করেছিলেন।’
Narrative voice (Attribution uncertain in isolation; first-person 'matpitrā' indicates a character recounting a prior bestowal of a rite before the fire)
Scene: A domestic/ritual scene: sacred fire burning; brāhmaṇas present; a father (or elder) confers a rite/observance; the wife stands nearby, aware—highlighting how knowledge binds one to the moral outcome.
FAQs
Knowing participation and consent can bind one to the moral consequences; purification is framed through rites transmitted in proper ritual setting.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
A rite/observance is referenced as having been ‘given’ in the presence of the sacred fire, indicating formal ritual authorization.
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