Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70
या वेदविहिता हिंसा सा न हिंसेति निर्णयः । शस्त्रेणाहन्यते यच्च पीडा जंतुषु जायते
yā vedavihitā hiṃsā sā na hiṃseti nirṇayaḥ | śastreṇāhanyate yacca pīḍā jaṃtuṣu jāyate
«ហិង្សាដែលវេដៈបានបញ្ញត្តិ តាមសេចក្តីវិនិច្ឆ័យដ៏ច្បាស់ មិនត្រូវចាត់ថា ‘ហិង្សា’ ទេ។ ប៉ុន្តែពេលសត្វលោកត្រូវគេវាយប្រហារដោយអាវុធ ហើយការឈឺចាប់កើតឡើងក្នុងសត្វទាំងឡាយ—»
Brāhmaṇas (continuing)
Listener: Interlocutors in dharma debate
Scene: A teacher explains a fine distinction: one hand indicates scripture/mantra, the other gestures away from weapons; listeners contemplate the ethical nuance.
FAQs
Dharma evaluates actions by scriptural injunction and intention; cruelty that produces suffering is condemned, while Veda-framed duty is treated differently.
The setting remains Dharmāraṇya; the verse is primarily ethical/doctrinal rather than a direct tirtha-glorification.
Implicitly references Veda-enjoined rites (such as yajña) as a framework for dharma, without naming a specific ritual here.