Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
एवमुक्तेऽथ विधिना प्रहृष्टस्त्रिपुरांतकः । यज्ञमण्डपमासाद्य प्रस्थितो वेदिसंनिधौ
evamukte'tha vidhinā prahṛṣṭastripurāṃtakaḥ | yajñamaṇḍapamāsādya prasthito vedisaṃnidhau
ഇങ്ങനെ പറയപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ, ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ വിധിയിൽ പ്രീതനായ ത്രിപുരാന്തകൻ (ശിവൻ) യജ്ഞമണ്ഡപത്തിലെത്തി, വേദിയുടെ സന്നിധിയിലേക്കു പ്രസ്ഥാനം ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara-kṣetra (with yajña-maṇḍapa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ
Scene: Tripurāntaka Śiva, visibly pleased, strides toward a sacrificial pavilion; the vedi and ritual implements glow, indicating divine sanction of the ordinance and the sanctity of the rite-space.
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When dharma is properly ordained, even the highest deity participates to sanctify the rite.
The ritual space of the Kapāleśvara-kṣetra where the yajña is being conducted.
Approaching the vedi and yajña-maṇḍapa in accordance with vidhis (ritual ordinances).