Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
क्षत्रियैर्ब्राह्मणः शास्यो भार्यया च पतिस्तथा । उन्मार्गगामिनं श्रेष्ठमपि वेदान्तपारगम्
kṣatriyairbrāhmaṇaḥ śāsyo bhāryayā ca patistathā | unmārgagāminaṃ śreṣṭhamapi vedāntapāragam
جو برہمن راہ سے بھٹک جائے اسے کشتری بھی درست کر سکتے ہیں؛ اسی طرح اگر شوہر کج راہ ہو تو بیوی بھی اسے سمجھا سکتی ہے—خواہ وہ بڑا معزز ہو اور ویدانت کا ماہر ہی کیوں نہ ہو۔
Śiva (deduced from the continuous dharma-upadeśa tone in the adhyāya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa with Vedānta texts is gently but firmly stopped by a kṣatriya guardian at a temple threshold; in a parallel vignette, a wife counsels her husband away from a wrongful act; dharma is depicted as a luminous path behind them.
FAQs
Learning and status do not sanctify wrongdoing; whoever deviates from dharma should be corrected, irrespective of rank.
A specific site is not named in this verse; it provides dharmic standards within a tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
No ritual is described; the instruction concerns moral governance and correction of unmārga (wrong conduct).