Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
ब्रह्मोवाच । त्वं वसिष्ठाधुना ब्रूहि विश्वामित्रं ममाज्ञया । ब्राह्मणो जायते तेन तव जीवस्य रक्षणम्
brahmovāca | tvaṃ vasiṣṭhādhunā brūhi viśvāmitraṃ mamājñayā | brāhmaṇo jāyate tena tava jīvasya rakṣaṇam
ব্রহ্মা বললেন—হে বশিষ্ঠ! আমার আদেশে এখন তুমি বিশ্বামিত্রকে ব্রাহ্মণ বলে ঘোষণা করো। তাতে সে ব্রাহ্মণরূপে স্বীকৃত হবে এবং তোমার প্রাণরক্ষা হবে।
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vasiṣṭha
Scene: Brahmā, four-faced and lotus-seated, issues a decisive command to Vasiṣṭha to acknowledge Viśvāmitra as brāhmaṇa; the atmosphere is tense yet judicial, with sages witnessing.
FAQs
A higher dharmic authority may reframe status and speech to prevent violence and preserve life.
Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha framework surrounds the episode, but the line itself is about mediation.
None; the verse prescribes a conciliatory declaration to avert further weapon-release.
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