Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
पत्नी चानीयतां तस्य मणिभद्रस्य वै गृहात् । निजकान्तस्य विज्ञाने सा प्रमाणं भविष्यति
patnī cānīyatāṃ tasya maṇibhadrasya vai gṛhāt | nijakāntasya vijñāne sā pramāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati
“จงนำภรรยาของเขามาจากเรือนของมณิภัทราเถิด ในการจำแนกผู้เป็นที่รักแท้ของนาง นางจักเป็นพยานหลักฐานอันชี้ขาด”
King Bṛhatsena (implied by immediate narrative context)
Scene: The king orders the wife to be brought from Maṇibhadra’s house; she will identify her true husband, becoming the decisive proof; the court anticipates the moment of recognition.
FAQs
Dharma seeks valid proof (pramāṇa) and relies on appropriate witnesses to establish truth.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya storyline.
None; it describes a dhārmic method of ascertainment rather than a rite.