Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48
अयि जारिणि दुर्बुद्धे किमेतत्ते विचेष्टितम् । अस्मत्कुले सुदुष्कीर्त्तिं कृतवत्यसि बालिशे
ayi jāriṇi durbuddhe kimetatte viceṣṭitam | asmatkule suduṣkīrttiṃ kṛtavatyasi bāliśe
എടീ വ്യഭിചാരിണീ, ദുർബുദ്ധീ! എന്താണ് നിന്റെ ഈ പ്രവൃത്തി? എടീ വിഡ്ഢീ, നീ നമ്മുടെ കുലത്തിന് വലിയ അപമാനം വരുത്തിവെച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
Grāmavṛddhāḥ (village elders) addressing the young woman (contextual attribution)
Scene: A tense village courtyard: elders and kinsmen confront a young woman; accusatory gestures, stern faces, the woman lowered in shame; domestic architecture, dust, and gathered onlookers.
FAQs
Speech and conduct are treated as dharmic responsibilities; causing public scandal (duṣkīrti) is portrayed as a serious moral failing.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the focus is on social-dharmic judgment within a community setting.
None in this verse; it is a rebuke, not a ritual instruction.