Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
अथ दृष्ट्वा तु संप्राप्तां सावित्रीं यज्ञमण्डपम् । तत्क्षणाच्च चतुर्वक्त्रः संस्थितोऽधोमुखो ह्रिया
atha dṛṣṭvā tu saṃprāptāṃ sāvitrīṃ yajñamaṇḍapam | tatkṣaṇācca caturvaktraḥ saṃsthito'dhomukho hriyā
সাবিত্রীকে যজ্ঞমণ্ডপে উপস্থিত হতে দেখে, সেই মুহূর্তেই চতুর্মুখ ব্রহ্মা লজ্জায় মুখ নত করে দাঁড়ালেন।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not present in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sāvitrī arrives; Brahmā, four-faced, stands with faces lowered in shame, the pavilion momentarily stilled—authority humbled before chastity and truth.
FAQs
Dharma compels humility: even the highest must bow inwardly when confronted by rightful moral authority.
No specific tīrtha is named in this shloka; it belongs to the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None; the verse depicts the reaction of Brahmā within the yajña setting.
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