Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
तथा च ब्रह्मशालायां संस्थितैर्यदुदाहृतम् । नान्यथा तत्परिज्ञेयं हास्येनापि स्मृतिं विना
tathā ca brahmaśālāyāṃ saṃsthitairyadudāhṛtam | nānyathā tatparijñeyaṃ hāsyenāpi smṛtiṃ vinā
De plus, tout ce qui fut proclamé par ceux rassemblés dans la salle de Brahmā doit être compris exactement en ce sens, et non autrement ; même si cela fut dit sur le ton de la plaisanterie, on ne doit pas l’admettre sans le souvenir dû de la Smṛti, la tradition faisant autorité.
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha: Brahmaśālā (assembly locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas and later audience of the māhātmya
Scene: Inside a sacred hall, elders seated in council proclaim a ruling; a later narrator insists it must be remembered and interpreted through smṛti, not dismissed as jest.
FAQs
Words spoken in sacred assemblies carry weight; interpretation must be anchored in smṛti and disciplined understanding.
A Brahmaśālā (sacred hall) is referenced as an authoritative setting; no named pilgrimage site is specified in this line.
It prescribes a rule of interpretation: sacred declarations are to be understood in line with smṛti, not dismissed as mere jest.