Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
अवध्याश्च स्त्रियः सृष्टा मन्यंते धर्मचिंतकाः । तस्माद्धर्मेण धर्मज्ञ एष वादो मनीषिणाम्
avadhyāśca striyaḥ sṛṣṭā manyaṃte dharmaciṃtakāḥ | tasmāddharmeṇa dharmajña eṣa vādo manīṣiṇām
धर्मचिन्तक मानते हैं कि स्त्रियाँ अवध्य—अर्थात् न वध करने योग्य—रची गई हैं। इसलिए हे धर्मज्ञ, मनीषियों का यह तर्कसंगत मत है कि धर्म से ही धर्म का पालन हो।
Unspecified (petitioners appealing to dharma before the brāhmaṇa)
Scene: A didactic moment: one speaker gestures as if citing dharma; the sage listens with composed authority. The atmosphere shifts from emotional pleading to reasoned ethical discourse.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through restraint and lawful compassion; the wise argue for non-violence and principled judgment.
No tīrtha is mentioned; this is a dharma-argument within the story.
None; it presents a normative ethical claim rather than a rite.