Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
तथास्य पत्न्यास्तत्पापं जानंत्या यत्तयोदितम् । मत्पित्रा ब्राह्मणैर्दत्तोऽयं पुरा वह्निसंनिधौ
tathāsya patnyāstatpāpaṃ jānaṃtyā yattayoditam | matpitrā brāhmaṇairdatto'yaṃ purā vahnisaṃnidhau
അതുപോലെ അവന്റെ ഭാര്യയ്ക്കും ആ പാപം ബാധിക്കുന്നു; കാരണം അവർ പറഞ്ഞത് അവൾ അറിഞ്ഞിരുന്നു. ‘ഇത് മുമ്പ് എന്റെ പിതാവ് ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരോടൊപ്പം പവിത്ര അഗ്നിസന്നിധിയിൽ നൽകിയതാണ്.’
Narrative voice (Attribution uncertain in isolation; first-person 'matpitrā' indicates a character recounting a prior bestowal of a rite before the fire)
Scene: A domestic/ritual scene: sacred fire burning; brāhmaṇas present; a father (or elder) confers a rite/observance; the wife stands nearby, aware—highlighting how knowledge binds one to the moral outcome.
FAQs
Knowing participation and consent can bind one to the moral consequences; purification is framed through rites transmitted in proper ritual setting.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
A rite/observance is referenced as having been ‘given’ in the presence of the sacred fire, indicating formal ritual authorization.