Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
ततो निशामुखे प्राप्ता यत्र देवः पितामहः । दीक्षितस्त्वथ मौनी च यज्ञमण्डपसंश्रितः
tato niśāmukhe prāptā yatra devaḥ pitāmahaḥ | dīkṣitastvatha maunī ca yajñamaṇḍapasaṃśritaḥ
Puis, à l’approche de la nuit, ils parvinrent au lieu où le dieu Pitāmaha (Brahmā) avait été consacré pour le yajña, observant le silence et demeurant dans le pavillon sacrificiel.
Unspecified narrator
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas)
Scene: At the edge of night, sages approach a glowing yajña-maṇḍapa; within, Brahmā as Pitāmaha sits in dīkṣā, silent, composed, surrounded by ritual posts and sacred fires, the pavilion lit against deepening sky.
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The tīrtha is sanctified by primordial Vedic sacrifice; dīkṣā and disciplined silence (mauna) are portrayed as sources of spiritual power.
A location within the Adhyāya 182 tīrtha setting, specifically a yajña-maṇḍapa associated with Brahmā (not named in the snippet).
Dīkṣā (sacrificial consecration) and mauna (vow of silence) in the context of yajña.