Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
ते च ब्राह्मणशार्दूलास्त्यक्त्वा वेदध्वनिं ततः । मूकीभावं गताः सर्वे भयसंत्रस्तमानसाः
te ca brāhmaṇaśārdūlāstyaktvā vedadhvaniṃ tataḥ | mūkībhāvaṃ gatāḥ sarve bhayasaṃtrastamānasāḥ
Jene brāhmaṇas, tigerhaft, ließen den Klang der vedischen Rezitation verstummen; alle verfielen in Schweigen, im Geist von Furcht erschüttert.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not present in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmin officiants in a yajña pavilion suddenly fall silent; mouths closed mid-chant, hands frozen with ladles and kuśa grass; faces show fear; the fire still burns, but the atmosphere turns tense and heavy.
FAQs
When dharma is challenged, even sacred speech can pause; fear arises where righteousness is about to judge wrongdoing.
No tīrtha is named in this specific verse.
Implicitly references Vedic chanting within yajña, but gives no instruction.