Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
सूत उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भृशं क्रोधसमन्वितः । ततस्तं प्राह मांडव्यो धर्मराजं पुरः स्थितम्
sūta uvāca | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ krodhasamanvitaḥ | tatastaṃ prāha māṃḍavyo dharmarājaṃ puraḥ sthitam
सूत उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भृशं क्रोधसमन्वितः । ततस्तं प्राह माण्डव्यो धर्मराजं पुरः स्थितम् ॥
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūta narrates: Māṇḍavya, eyes blazing with anger, stands before Dharmarāja and begins to speak—an intense face-to-face moment in a divine court.
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The text frames a dharma-debate: even righteous order (daṇḍa) can be questioned when perceived as excessive.
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