Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
सा च जातिप्रकृत्यैव कृपणा दैन्यभागिनी । तासामुपरि मावज्ञा भवेदिति च वेधसा । शास्त्रेषूक्तमसंदिग्धं वाक्यमेतन्महात्फलम्
sā ca jātiprakṛtyaiva kṛpaṇā dainyabhāginī | tāsāmupari māvajñā bhavediti ca vedhasā | śāstreṣūktamasaṃdigdhaṃ vākyametanmahātphalam
ସେ (ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ) ଜନ୍ମ ଓ ସ୍ୱଭାବରୁ ଦୀନା, କଷ୍ଟଭାଗିନୀ। ତେଣୁ ବେଧସ (ବିଧାତା) ଏହି ବିଧାନ କରିଛନ୍ତି—ଏମିତି ସ୍ତ୍ରୀମାନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଅବଜ୍ଞା ହେବା ଉଚିତ୍ ନୁହେଁ। ଏହି ବାକ୍ୟ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରରେ ନିଃସନ୍ଦେହ କୁହାଯାଇଛି ଏବଂ ମହାଫଳଦାୟକ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A moral teaching tableau: the speaker warns against contempt; a vulnerable woman is shown being respectfully assisted (offered water/seat), contrasting with a figure turning away in disdain.
FAQs
Do not despise or belittle those who are socially or materially vulnerable; honoring śāstric compassion itself becomes a source of great merit (mahā-phala).
This verse is primarily a dharma-instruction (ethical śāstra-vākya) rather than a direct tīrtha-glorification; the broader Kaumārikākhaṇḍa context may connect it to a sacred narrative, but the verse itself does not name a site.
No specific ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed here; the injunction is moral—avoid avajñā (contempt) and follow the śāstric rule of respectful conduct.