Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
अहिंसैषा समाख्याता वेदसंविहिता च या । दृष्टं श्रुतं चानुमितं स्वानुभूतं यथार्थतः
ahiṃsaiṣā samākhyātā vedasaṃvihitā ca yā | dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ cānumitaṃ svānubhūtaṃ yathārthataḥ
اسی کو اہنسا کہا گیا ہے، اور یہ ویدوں میں بھی مقرر ہے—جو کچھ دیکھا گیا، سنا گیا، قیاس سے جانا گیا اور ذاتی تجربے سے سمجھا گیا ہو، اسے حقیقت کے مطابق بیان کرنا۔
Nārada (continuing instruction)
Scene: A sage holds palm-leaf manuscripts (śruti) while pointing to four icons representing pramāṇas: an eye (dṛṣṭa), an ear (śruta), a smoke-to-fire diagram (anumāna), and a meditating figure with inner light (svānubhūti); a gentle aura signifies ahiṃsā as the governing ethic.
FAQs
Ahiṃsā is Veda-sanctioned and includes truthfulness aligned with reality—one should relate experience without distortion or harm.
None; the verse establishes a universal dharmic principle rather than a place-specific māhātmya.
No external rite; it prescribes an ethical discipline: uphold non-violence and truthful alignment with what is seen, heard, inferred, and realized.