Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
अनुरूपं ततस्तस्य पातकस्य विनिग्रहम् । प्रकुर्वंति मिथो येन न तेषां संकरो भवेत्
anurūpaṃ tatastasya pātakasya vinigraham | prakurvaṃti mitho yena na teṣāṃ saṃkaro bhavet
म्हणून त्या पातकास अनुरूप असा संयम व सुधार परस्परांनी करावा, ज्यामुळे त्यांच्यात धर्मनियमांचा संकर वा गोंधळ होणार नाही.
Pṛthivīpati (the king) addressing Devī
Scene: A royal court scene: the ruler, guided by Devī’s boon, administers measured justice—scales in hand, scribes recording, offenders corrected; behind, a symbolic boundary line separating order from chaos.
FAQs
Dharma is protected when correction is proportionate and applied to prevent moral and social disorder.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it contributes to the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative context.
The prescription is juridical/ethical rather than ritual: vinigraha (restraint/correction) suited to the offence.