Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
ब्रह्मशालोपविष्टानां यदि वाक्यं वृथा भवेत् । माहात्म्यं नश्यते तेषां ततः क्रोधः प्रजायते
brahmaśālopaviṣṭānāṃ yadi vākyaṃ vṛthā bhavet | māhātmyaṃ naśyate teṣāṃ tataḥ krodhaḥ prajāyate
اگر برہما شالا میں بیٹھنے والوں کی باتیں بے کار یا جھوٹی ہو جائیں تو ان کا ماہاتمیہ (روحانی وقار) نष्ट ہو جاتا ہے؛ اور اسی سے غضب پیدا ہوتا ہے۔
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: participants of the Brahmaśālā (brāhmaṇa assembly)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas seated in a consecrated hall; a subtle darkening aura as words turn futile; the hall’s radiance wanes, and anger begins to rise in faces and gestures.
FAQs
Sacred authority depends on truthful, effective speech; when truth collapses, spiritual standing falls and anger follows.
The Brahmaśālā is upheld as a sanctified locus of dharma whose ‘māhātmya’ must not be undermined.
An implicit prescription: ensure Brahmaśālā pronouncements are not made ‘in vain’—maintain truth and due process to preserve māhātmya.