Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
भूयोभूयस्ततः कुर्यान्मध्यस्थः स द्विजन्मनाम् । प्रश्नं तस्य निमित्तं च यावत्तस्य विनिर्णयः
bhūyobhūyastataḥ kuryānmadhyasthaḥ sa dvijanmanām | praśnaṃ tasya nimittaṃ ca yāvattasya vinirṇayaḥ
तब वह मध्यस्थ बार-बार द्विजों से उस प्रश्न को, उसके कारण और प्रसंग सहित, तब तक पूछे जब तक उसका अंतिम निर्णय न हो जाए।
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijanmānaḥ)
Scene: A sacred hall near a tīrtha: brāhmaṇas seated in orderly rows; a calm mediator stands centered, repeatedly presenting the question with its circumstances, seeking a final determination.
FAQs
Dharma requires patient, process-driven discernment; decisions should be reached through repeated, careful inquiry.
No individual tīrtha is named; the focus is on the dharmic institution operating within a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.
A procedural rule: the mediator repeatedly presents the question and its context until a clear decision (vinirṇaya) is obtained.
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