Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
समुदायः समस्तानां यथा चैव प्रजायते । तदा तालत्रयं यच्च मध्यस्थः संप्रयच्छति
samudāyaḥ samastānāṃ yathā caiva prajāyate | tadā tālatrayaṃ yacca madhyasthaḥ saṃprayacchati
และเมื่อความเห็นพ้องเป็นหนึ่งเดียวของทุกฝ่ายบังเกิดขึ้นแล้ว ผู้เป็นคนกลางก็ประทาน ‘ตาละสามประการ’ นั้นด้วย
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reconciled assembly: disputants and brāhmaṇas now aligned; the mediator presents a symbolic ‘threefold tāla’—depicted as three rhythmic claps/strikes, or three marked tokens—signaling formal settlement.
FAQs
Harmony and collective resolution are dharmic goals; ritual tokens support orderly reconciliation in sacred settings.
The immediate glorification is of the tīrtha-assembly’s dharmic mechanism (Brahmaśālā culture), not a named location.
Upon achieving consensus, the mediator gives the ‘tālatraya’—a formal threefold token associated with the decision process.