Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 131
एकविंशतिसामानि आदित्येष्टानि यानि च । सामगाः कीर्तयिष्यंति येऽत्रस्थाः शुचयः स्थिताः
ekaviṃśatisāmāni ādityeṣṭāni yāni ca | sāmagāḥ kīrtayiṣyaṃti ye'trasthāḥ śucayaḥ sthitāḥ
«Et les chantres du Sāma-Veda présents ici—purs et inébranlables—chanteront les vingt et un Sāman prescrits pour le culte d’Āditya (Sūrya).»
Unspecified in this snippet (narrative voice)
Tirtha: Āditya-iṣṭa tīrtha setting (implied)
Type: ghat
Scene: Sāmaga chanters stand/sit in a semicircle, singing with measured hand-gestures; the rising sun is central; the tīrtha steps and a small Āditya shrine appear; the chanters are depicted as radiant and composed.
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Purity and steadfastness, joined with traditional Vedic praise of Sūrya, are exalted as powerful tīrtha-practices.
The passage praises the sanctity of the ‘here’ (atra) location within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Sūrya-oriented tīrtha narrative.
Sāma-veda singing of twenty-one Sāmans dedicated to Āditya.