Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65
एवं ब्रुवत्सु विप्रेषु महाशक्तिप्रपूजने । आगतो ब्राह्मणोऽपश्यत्तत्र विप्रकदंबकम्
evaṃ bruvatsu vipreṣu mahāśaktiprapūjane | āgato brāhmaṇo'paśyattatra viprakadaṃbakam
នៅពេលព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍ទាំងឡាយកំពុងនិយាយដូច្នោះ ក្នុងពេលកំពុងធ្វើមហាបូជាចំពោះ មហាសក្តិ (Mahāśakti) មានព្រាហ្មណ៍ម្នាក់បានមកដល់ទីនោះ ហើយបានឃើញក្រុមព្រាហ្មណ៍ជាច្រើនប្រមូលផ្តុំគ្នា។
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Tirtha: Mahāśakti-prapūjana-sthāna (within Dharmāraṇya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A large group of brāhmaṇas seated in rows around a Śakti altar; as they converse, a new brāhmaṇa enters the scene, pausing to take in the gathered assembly and the ongoing grand worship.
FAQs
Sacred places draw together the learned and devout; collective worship magnifies auspiciousness.
Dharmāraṇya is the setting, shown as a center for Mahāśakti worship and brāhmaṇa assemblies.
Mahāśakti’s grand worship (prapūjana) is referenced as the ongoing ritual context.