Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
किमेतदिति जल्पंतः प्रोत्थिता यज्ञमंडपात् । एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ताः सर्वास्ता यत्र पद्मजः
kimetaditi jalpaṃtaḥ protthitā yajñamaṃḍapāt | etasminnaṃtare prāptāḥ sarvāstā yatra padmajaḥ
“ഇതെന്ത്?” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട് അവർ യജ്ഞമണ്ഡപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് എഴുന്നേറ്റു; അതിനിടയിൽ എല്ലാവരും പദ്മജൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാ) ഉണ്ടായിടത്ത് എത്തി.
Unclear from snippet (deduced: Purāṇic narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a decorated yajña pavilion with fire altar, Brahmā’s presence implied; devas rise abruptly, hands half-raised in questioning gesture, eyes turned toward the entrance as a radiant group approaches.
FAQs
In sacred rites, unexpected divine manifestations may appear; dharmic attention is shown by pausing ritual action to recognize a higher, wondrous presence.
The setting is a yajña at the chapter’s holy kṣetra; the verse does not name the tīrtha explicitly.
None; it references the yajñamaṇḍapa context without prescribing actions.
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