Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
प्राकृतैर्वचनैश्चैव यथा कुर्वंति मानवाः । तथैव निर्णयस्यांते मध्यगेन विपश्चिता
prākṛtairvacanaiścaiva yathā kurvaṃti mānavāḥ | tathaiva nirṇayasyāṃte madhyagena vipaścitā
ಮಾನವರು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮಾತುಗಳಿಂದ ಹೇಗೆ ನಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ನಿರ್ಣಯದ ಅಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥನಾದ ಜ್ಞಾನಿ ಯುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ವರ್ತಿಸಬೇಕು।
Viśvāmitra (contextual)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇa assembly and disputants
Scene: A mediator stands between two groups, palms open in a calming gesture, delivering a plain-spoken concluding statement while scribes/elders witness; the shrine looms behind as moral anchor.
FAQs
Even sacred procedures require practical, fair mediation; wisdom expresses itself through impartial conduct.
The broader context is Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
The presence and function of a madhyastha (neutral person) to conclude a nirṇaya (determination).
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