Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
स्त्रीपक्ष इति मत्वा तामवजानासि भोः कथम् । स्त्री सती न प्रणम्या किं त्वया कुन्ती वृकोदर
strīpakṣa iti matvā tāmavajānāsi bhoḥ katham | strī satī na praṇamyā kiṃ tvayā kuntī vṛkodara
「彼女は女たちの側だ」と思って、どうして彼女を侮れるのか。貞節なる女人は汝が礼拝すべきではないのか――おおヴリコーダラよ――ではクンティーはどうなる。
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira challenges Bhīma: ‘How can you slight her as “on women’s side”? Is a virtuous woman not to be bowed to—what then of your mother Kuntī?’ The tone is moral, compassionate, and shaming toward disrespect.
FAQs
Dharma requires reverence toward the virtuous and especially toward motherhood; contempt born of bias is condemned.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the emphasis is social-ethical dharma aligned with Purāṇic values.
The implied practice is praṇāma—offering respectful salutations to the worthy, especially mothers and virtuous women.