Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
भूयोभूयस्ततः कुर्यान्मध्यस्थः स द्विजन्मनाम् । प्रश्नं तस्य निमित्तं च यावत्तस्य विनिर्णयः
bhūyobhūyastataḥ kuryānmadhyasthaḥ sa dvijanmanām | praśnaṃ tasya nimittaṃ ca yāvattasya vinirṇayaḥ
Rồi sau đó, vị trung gian ấy phải nhiều lần nêu câu hỏi với các bậc nhị sinh, kèm theo duyên cớ và hoàn cảnh, cho đến khi có sự phán quyết rốt ráo.
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijanmānaḥ)
Scene: A sacred hall near a tīrtha: brāhmaṇas seated in orderly rows; a calm mediator stands centered, repeatedly presenting the question with its circumstances, seeking a final determination.
FAQs
Dharma requires patient, process-driven discernment; decisions should be reached through repeated, careful inquiry.
No individual tīrtha is named; the focus is on the dharmic institution operating within a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.
A procedural rule: the mediator repeatedly presents the question and its context until a clear decision (vinirṇaya) is obtained.