Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
कस्मात्तस्यास्तिरस्कारं मम यच्छसि निष्ठुरम् । अज्ञातां मूढबुद्धिः सन्विशेषान्मानुषोद्भवाम्
kasmāttasyāstiraskāraṃ mama yacchasi niṣṭhuram | ajñātāṃ mūḍhabuddhiḥ sanviśeṣānmānuṣodbhavām
تو مجھ پر بے رحمی سے حقارت کیوں ڈھاتا ہے؟ میں تو تیرے لیے نامعلوم ہوں، اور تو احمق ذہن ہے، انسانی آداب کے لائق امتیازات کو نہیں پہچانتا۔
Dīrghikā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunaka-group (typical frame; not stated in verse)
Scene: A tense confrontation: a wronged ascetic or brāhmaṇa figure rebukes a woman for contempt; gestures of accusation and moral admonition dominate the scene.
FAQs
Dharma includes restraint in speech—contempt without understanding is portrayed as a moral failure.
The moral teaching is delivered within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative context of the Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; the verse focuses on ethical conduct (ācāra) and the impropriety of harsh judgment.