Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
नैतद्युक्तं कुलस्त्रीणां विशेषादत्र कानने । विहर्तुं दूरतः शून्ये तस्मात्त्याज्याऽसि मैथिलि
naitadyuktaṃ kulastrīṇāṃ viśeṣādatra kānane | vihartuṃ dūrataḥ śūnye tasmāttyājyā'si maithili
“یہ کسی شریف گھرانے کی عورت کے لائق نہیں، خصوصاً اس جنگل میں، ویران جگہ پر دور دور بھٹکنا؛ اس لیے، اے میتھلی، تم ترک کیے جانے کے قابل ہو۔”
Rāma (Rāghava) addressing Sītā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma, resolute and stern, declares abandonment; the forest around feels vast and empty; Sītā stands vulnerable, the space between them widening like a moral chasm.
FAQs
Purāṇas frame social dharma as context-sensitive; the forest setting heightens concerns of propriety and safety, though the narrative also invites reflection on fairness and restraint.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a larger Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None directly; it is a moral judgment within the śrāddha-time narrative.