Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । संदेशं कथयिष्यामस्त्वयोक्तं शोभनव्रते । मातापितृभ्यां सुश्रोणि मा तेऽभूदत्र संशयः
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | saṃdeśaṃ kathayiṣyāmastvayoktaṃ śobhanavrate | mātāpitṛbhyāṃ suśroṇi mā te'bhūdatra saṃśayaḥ
బ్రాహ్మణులు అన్నారు—హే శుభవ్రతే! నీవు చెప్పిన సందేశాన్ని మేము తప్పక తెలియజేస్తాము. హే సుశ్రోణీ! నీ తల్లిదండ్రులకు మేము చెబుతాము; నీకు సందేహం ఉండనివ్వకు.
Brāhmaṇas
Tirtha: Śūlabheda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the frame-story; within the scene, the woman hears the brāhmaṇas’ reply
Scene: A semicircle of brāhmaṇas responds with calm certainty, hands raised in a gesture of promise; the woman listens, reassured, against the backdrop of a high peak and open sky.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through trustworthy intermediaries: the learned serve society by preserving truth, carrying messages, and removing doubt.
Indirectly, the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha setting is reinforced: sacred acts are validated through brāhmaṇic testimony and proper communication.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse stresses dharmic assurance—reliable conveyance of a formal message as part of vow-completion.