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
‘അവൾ സ്ത്രീകളുടെ പക്ഷം’ എന്നു കരുതി നീ അവളെ എങ്ങനെ അവഗണിക്കുന്നു? ഓ വൃകോദരാ! സതീസ്ത്രീയ്ക്ക് നീ നമസ്കരിക്കേണ്ടതില്ലേ—അപ്പോൾ കുന്തിയെന്ത്?
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.