Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69
माकार्शीर्ब्राह्मणैः सार्धं विरोधं भूय एव हि । अनुज्ञातः स तेनाथ विश्वामित्रो महीपतिः
mākārśīrbrāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ virodhaṃ bhūya eva hi | anujñātaḥ sa tenātha viśvāmitro mahīpatiḥ
«Ne t’engage plus dans l’hostilité avec les brāhmaṇas.» Ainsi autorisé par lui, le roi Viśvāmitra s’en alla.
Vasiṣṭha (instruction) / Narrator (closing clause)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Vasiṣṭha, composed, delivers a firm admonition; Viśvāmitra listens with lowered head, then turns to depart, chastened.
FAQs
Social and spiritual order is protected when rulers restrain aggression and honor brāhmaṇic dharma.
Not identified in this verse; the passage belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter where dharma is taught through narrative.
None; it is an ethical injunction (niyama) regarding conduct.