Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
परावसोश्च यत्प्रोक्तं वयस्यैर्हास्यमाश्रितैः । पराशरसमुत्थं च यद्वाक्यं तत्स्मृतेः परम्
parāvasośca yatproktaṃ vayasyairhāsyamāśritaiḥ | parāśarasamutthaṃ ca yadvākyaṃ tatsmṛteḥ param
اور پراؤسو سے اُس کے ساتھیوں نے ہنسی مذاق میں جو کہا، اور پاراشر سے ماخوذ جو قول ہے—وہ محض یادداشت سے بڑھ کر، زیادہ معتبر و حجت والا ٹھہرتا ہے۔
Bhartṛyajña (continuing)
Listener: King and assembly (implied)
Scene: A learned debate-like moment: Bhartṛyajña references what companions said to Parāvasu in jest and a Parāśara-derived statement; scribes and brāhmaṇas nod, indicating textual authority outweighing mere memory.
FAQs
It reflects how Purāṇic narratives invoke śāstric authority (Parāśara/Smṛti) to evaluate speech and proposed remedies, even when the trigger is casual or joking talk.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
No explicit ritual is described; it discusses the status/authority of a statement linked to Parāśara.