Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
भट्टिकोवाच । युक्तमुक्तं त्वया तात तथान्यैरपि च द्विजैः । युक्ता स्याद्योषितः शुद्धिर्द्वारातिक्रमणादपि
bhaṭṭikovāca | yuktamuktaṃ tvayā tāta tathānyairapi ca dvijaiḥ | yuktā syādyoṣitaḥ śuddhirdvārātikramaṇādapi
భట్టికా చెప్పింది— “తాతా, నీవు చెప్పినది యుక్తమే; ఇతర ద్విజులు కూడా అలాగే అన్నారు. నిజంగా, కేవలం గడప దాటినందుకే కూడా స్త్రీకి శుద్ధి విధించటం సముచితమే.”
Bhaṭṭikā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Her father/elder and assembled brāhmaṇas (implied)
Scene: Bhaṭṭikā speaks before brāhmaṇas, acknowledging their reasoning; the threshold of a house is visually emphasized as a symbolic boundary; mood is heavy with social expectation.
FAQs
Dharma narratives often stress vigilance in purity—small actions can be treated as requiring formal cleansing to preserve sacred order.
The verse is within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter, but it does not name a particular site in this line.
Śuddhi (purificatory rite) is discussed as applicable even for threshold crossing, indicating strict ritual standards.
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