Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
कर्मांतरेषु विप्राणां स सर्वेषां द्विजोत्तमाः । कथयामास यद्वृत्तं बाल्यात्प्रभृति कृत्स्नशः
karmāṃtareṣu viprāṇāṃ sa sarveṣāṃ dvijottamāḥ | kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ bālyātprabhṛti kṛtsnaśaḥ
Tandis que les brāhmaṇas s’employaient à leurs rites respectifs, ce meilleur des deux-fois-nés raconta en entier tout ce qui s’était passé, depuis l’enfance.
Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rows of priests performing their respective rites around a yajña-fire; at the center, the jñānī calmly recounts a long life-story, listeners attentive, palm-leaf manuscripts and ritual implements nearby.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is transmitted in the midst of dharma—ritual life and truthful narration together become vehicles for instruction.
The verse is part of a tīrtha-glorifying section, but this particular line does not identify a named site.
It alludes generally to brāhmaṇas performing karma (rites), without specifying a particular vrata, snāna, or dāna.