Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
इति दृष्टार्थकथनै राज्ञीमान्योभवद्द्विजः । वर्णयंति च ता राज्ञः परोक्षेपि गुणान्बहून्
iti dṛṣṭārthakathanai rājñīmānyobhavaddvijaḥ | varṇayaṃti ca tā rājñaḥ parokṣepi guṇānbahūn
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ‘ਸਪਸ਼ਟ ਤੱਥਾਂ’ ਦੇ ਵਰਣਨ ਨਾਲ ਉਹ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਰਾਣੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਨਮਾਨਿਤ ਹੋਇਆ; ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਰਾਜਾ ਗੈਰਹਾਜ਼ਰ ਹੋਣ ਤੇ ਵੀ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਅਨੇਕ ਗੁਣਾਂ ਦਾ ਬਖਾਨ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਰਹੀਆਂ।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages / internal court audience
Scene: The brāhmaṇa is respectfully received by the queen; court women, even in the king’s absence, recount his virtues—an image of ethical court culture; gestures of añjali, respectful seating, and calm faces dominate.
FAQs
Skillful speech can manufacture honor and consensus; purāṇic dharma urges discrimination (viveka) before granting trust.
The passage belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting; the verse itself is narrative and does not name a specific tīrtha.
None.