Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
ब्रह्मोवाच । विश्वकर्मन्द्रुतं गच्छ यज्ञमण्डपसिद्धये । पत्नीशालां ततश्चैव यज्ञवेदीस्तथैव च
brahmovāca | viśvakarmandrutaṃ gaccha yajñamaṇḍapasiddhaye | patnīśālāṃ tataścaiva yajñavedīstathaiva ca
Brahmā dit : « Ô Viśvakarman, va sans délai afin que le pavillon du sacrifice soit achevé selon la règle. Ensuite, façonne la salle destinée à l’épouse de l’officiant, ainsi que les autels sacrificiels. »
Brahmā
Listener: Viśvakarman
Scene: Brahmā issues brisk instructions to Viśvakarman; in the background artisans begin raising a sacrificial pavilion, marking out the vedi and a separate hall for the wife of the sacrificer.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through timely, well-ordered ritual action—sacred works should be executed with readiness and precision.
Within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya frame, the passage supports a local tīrtha narrative by describing the proper establishment of a yajña at the sacred locale (the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this verse alone).
Construction of the yajñamaṇḍapa, the patnīśālā, and the yajñavedīs (altars) as prerequisites for the sacrifice.