Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
भूयोभूयस्ततः कुर्यान्मध्यस्थः स द्विजन्मनाम् । प्रश्नं तस्य निमित्तं च यावत्तस्य विनिर्णयः
bhūyobhūyastataḥ kuryānmadhyasthaḥ sa dvijanmanām | praśnaṃ tasya nimittaṃ ca yāvattasya vinirṇayaḥ
Então, repetidas vezes, esse mediador deve apresentar a questão aos duas-vezes-nascidos, com suas circunstâncias e motivo, até que se alcance uma decisão final.
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijanmānaḥ)
Scene: A sacred hall near a tīrtha: brāhmaṇas seated in orderly rows; a calm mediator stands centered, repeatedly presenting the question with its circumstances, seeking a final determination.
FAQs
Dharma requires patient, process-driven discernment; decisions should be reached through repeated, careful inquiry.
No individual tīrtha is named; the focus is on the dharmic institution operating within a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.
A procedural rule: the mediator repeatedly presents the question and its context until a clear decision (vinirṇaya) is obtained.