Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अथ ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे तस्य संपर्कदूषिताः । भर्तृयज्ञं समासाद्य तेनैव सहितास्ततः
atha te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve tasya saṃparkadūṣitāḥ | bhartṛyajñaṃ samāsādya tenaiva sahitāstataḥ
ત્યારે તે બધા બ્રાહ્મણો તેની સંગતથી દૂષિત થઈ, પતિના યજ્ઞ પાસે પહોંચ્યા અને ત્યારબાદ પણ તેની સાથે જ એકત્ર રહ્યા.
Narrator (within the Purāṇic frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas, uneasy and shadowed by moral doubt, move toward a yajña pavilion where the ‘husband’s sacrifice’ is underway; the suspect figure remains among them, creating a visual contrast between sacred fire and creeping defilement.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma highlights that association affects ritual purity; discernment in company safeguards sacred rites.
No tīrtha is named directly in this verse.
It references a bhartṛ-yajña (a husband’s sacrificial rite), implying concerns of eligibility and purity in participation.
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