Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
प्रावर्तत महायागो हृष्टपुष्टमहाजनः । तथा द्रष्टुं न शक्नोमि तत आगतवानिह
prāvartata mahāyāgo hṛṣṭapuṣṭamahājanaḥ | tathā draṣṭuṃ na śaknomi tata āgatavāniha
മഹായാഗം തുടർന്നു; മഹാജനസമൂഹം ഹർഷിതവും പുഷ്ടവുമായിരുന്നു. എന്നാൽ അത് കാണാൻ എനിക്കായില്ല; അതുകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ ഇവിടെ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു।
Narrator (first-person witness within the story; identity not explicit in snippet)
Listener: Satī
Scene: A thriving crowd around a blazing altar, musicians and priests busy; the speaker turns away, eyes lowered, unable to watch the proceedings, moving toward a quieter sacred space.
FAQs
Ritual success and public celebration do not sanctify an act lacking true dharma; a discerning person withdraws from spiritually tainted rites.
No site is named in this verse; it remains within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s overarching Kāśī setting.
None.