Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22
एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभागे असद्ग्राहं परित्यज । तत्र लोके विरुद्धं वै कुप्यन्ते येन वै द्विजाः
evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge asadgrāhaṃ parityaja | tatra loke viruddhaṃ vai kupyante yena vai dvijāḥ
एवं विदित्वा महाभागे, असद्ग्राहं परित्यज; यत् लोके धर्मविरुद्धं तेनैव द्विजाः कुप्यन्ति।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: mahābhāgā (a noble lady addressed in the narrative)
Scene: A dignified teacher-figure admonishes a noble lady to relinquish stubbornness; in the background, Brāhmaṇas show displeasure at a breach of decorum.
FAQs
Right understanding should lead to renunciation of stubborn, improper demands—especially when they risk offending the righteous.
No explicit tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it serves as moral instruction within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; the instruction is to abandon adharma-aligned insistence that causes dvijas to become angry.
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