Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95
स्त्रीणां प्रतिग्रहेणैव विप्रेषु प्रोषितेषु च । पृथक्त्वं च ततो जातं बाह्याभ्यन्तरसंज्ञकम्
strīṇāṃ pratigraheṇaiva vipreṣu proṣiteṣu ca | pṛthaktvaṃ ca tato jātaṃ bāhyābhyantarasaṃjñakam
स्त्रियांकडून दान-प्रतिग्रह केल्यामुळेच—विशेषतः विप्र परदेशी असताना—त्यातून ‘बाह्य’ व ‘आभ्यंतर’ असा भेद उत्पन्न झाला।
Viśvāmitra
Scene: A council of townsfolk split into two groups labeled ‘external’ and ‘internal’, with absent brāhmaṇas indicated by empty seats; a tense exchange over gifts and propriety.
FAQs
Ethical conduct around giving and receiving (dāna–pratigraha) is portrayed as shaping communal and ritual boundaries.
The verse remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha discourse; it explains a custom rather than praising a named location.
It provides a causal account: accepting gifts from women during the brāhmaṇas’ absence led to an ‘external/internal’ division impacting ritual standing.