Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
लोको निरङ्कुशः सर्वो मर्यादालङ्घने रतः । मर्यादा स्थापिता तेन शास्त्रं वीक्ष्य महर्षिभिः
loko niraṅkuśaḥ sarvo maryādālaṅghane rataḥ | maryādā sthāpitā tena śāstraṃ vīkṣya maharṣibhiḥ
Alle Menschen werden zügellos und finden Gefallen daran, Grenzen zu überschreiten. Darum setzten die großen Rishis, die Śāstras prüfend, die rechten Schranken fest.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: Rishis in a hermitage library-like setting, palm-leaf manuscripts open, establishing boundary stones and ritual precinct lines; people outside shown eager to cross, now guided back into order.
FAQs
Scripture-guided boundaries are a compassionate safeguard against human tendency toward excess and transgression.
No specific tīrtha is named here.
Not a specific ritual; it grounds ritual and conduct in śāstric authority.