Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
यज्ञविद्याविदोऽन्येऽपि यज्ञाख्यानपरायणाः । तत्र विप्राः प्रदृश्यंते शतशो ब्रह्मवादिनः
yajñavidyāvido'nye'pi yajñākhyānaparāyaṇāḥ | tatra viprāḥ pradṛśyaṃte śataśo brahmavādinaḥ
Andere wiederum kannten die Wissenschaft des Opfers (yajña) und waren den Überlieferungen und der Auslegung der yajñas hingegeben. Dort sah man Hunderte von Brāhmaṇas—Brahmavādins—Lehrer, die vom Brahman sprechen.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bustling sacred assembly at a tīrtha: rows of brāhmaṇas in white garments, some holding darbha and kamaṇḍalu, others with palm-leaf manuscripts; the atmosphere is that of a yajña-vidyā symposium where brahmavādins are visible in hundreds.
FAQs
Sacred places gather diverse forms of Vedic expertise—yajña, teaching, and Brahman-discourse—forming a dharmic community.
The narrative context remains the locale introduced immediately prior (Camatkārapura) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha account.
Implicit focus on yajña-vidyā (knowledge of sacrifice), though no specific rite is prescribed in this verse.