Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95
स्त्रीणां प्रतिग्रहेणैव विप्रेषु प्रोषितेषु च । पृथक्त्वं च ततो जातं बाह्याभ्यन्तरसंज्ञकम्
strīṇāṃ pratigraheṇaiva vipreṣu proṣiteṣu ca | pṛthaktvaṃ ca tato jātaṃ bāhyābhyantarasaṃjñakam
Do việc nhận lễ vật từ phụ nữ—nhất là khi các brāhmaṇa vắng mặt—từ đó phát sinh sự phân chia, được gọi là ‘bên ngoài’ và ‘bên trong’.
Viśvāmitra
Scene: A council of townsfolk split into two groups labeled ‘external’ and ‘internal’, with absent brāhmaṇas indicated by empty seats; a tense exchange over gifts and propriety.
FAQs
Ethical conduct around giving and receiving (dāna–pratigraha) is portrayed as shaping communal and ritual boundaries.
The verse remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha discourse; it explains a custom rather than praising a named location.
It provides a causal account: accepting gifts from women during the brāhmaṇas’ absence led to an ‘external/internal’ division impacting ritual standing.
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