Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 155
अथोचुस्तं द्विजश्रेष्ठा ब्रह्मस्थानस्य मध्यगम् । मध्यगस्य तु वक्त्रेण विवर्णवदनं स्थितम्
athocustaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā brahmasthānasya madhyagam | madhyagasya tu vaktreṇa vivarṇavadanaṃ sthitam
അപ്പോൾ ബ്രഹ്മസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ മദ്ധ്യത്തിൽ നിന്നിരുന്ന അവനെ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ദ്വിജന്മാർ അഭിസംബോധന ചെയ്തു; ആ നിമിഷം ഋത്വിക്കിന്റെ മുഖം പാണ്ടുരവും വിവർണ്ണവുമായി തോന്നി।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Brahmasthāna
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the sacred center of the precinct, senior brāhmaṇas address a standing officiant; his face has turned pale, suggesting hidden grief or impurity, while the assembly watches in ritual silence.
FAQs
Dharma is investigated and restored through formal inquiry and rite in a sacred setting, where even subtle signs are taken seriously.
Brahmasthāna is again the central sacred place where the inquiry and purification proceedings occur.
The verse implies an ongoing śuddhi/inquiry proceeding led by brāhmaṇas at Brahmasthāna, though the specific steps are not detailed here.