Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
एषोऽह शरणं प्राप्तो युष्माकं द्विजसत्तमाः । अनुगृह्णीत मां सर्वे दीक्षायै यज्ञकर्मणः
eṣo'ha śaraṇaṃ prāpto yuṣmākaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | anugṛhṇīta māṃ sarve dīkṣāyai yajñakarmaṇaḥ
«لقد جئتُ ألتمس الملجأ لديكم، يا أفضلَ الدِّوِجَة (ذوي الميلادين). تفضّلوا عليّ جميعًا بالنعمة، لكي أنال الدِّيكشا (dīkṣā)، أي التكريس لأعمال هذا اليَجْنَا.»
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, hands folded, addresses an assembly of venerable brāhmaṇas, requesting refuge and dīkṣā for commencing the sacrifice; the yajña pavilion and fire altar frame the scene.
FAQs
Even the highest seeks dharmic authorization—humility before sacred law and its custodians is itself a purifier.
The verse continues the kṣetra-centered yajña narrative within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the named tīrtha is established in the adjoining passages.
Request for dīkṣā (ritual consecration) as a prerequisite to properly undertake the yajña-karman.