Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
यज्ञविद्याविदोऽन्येऽपि यज्ञाख्यानपरायणाः । तत्र विप्राः प्रदृश्यंते शतशो ब्रह्मवादिनः
yajñavidyāvido'nye'pi yajñākhyānaparāyaṇāḥ | tatra viprāḥ pradṛśyaṃte śataśo brahmavādinaḥ
മറ്റുള്ളവരും യജ്ഞവിദ്യ അറിയുന്നവർ, യജ്ഞാഖ്യാനങ്ങളിൽ പരായണരായിരുന്നു. അവിടെ ബ്രഹ്മവാദികളായ നൂറുകണക്കിന് വിപ്രന്മാർ ദൃശ്യമായി.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bustling sacred assembly at a tīrtha: rows of brāhmaṇas in white garments, some holding darbha and kamaṇḍalu, others with palm-leaf manuscripts; the atmosphere is that of a yajña-vidyā symposium where brahmavādins are visible in hundreds.
FAQs
Sacred places gather diverse forms of Vedic expertise—yajña, teaching, and Brahman-discourse—forming a dharmic community.
The narrative context remains the locale introduced immediately prior (Camatkārapura) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha account.
Implicit focus on yajña-vidyā (knowledge of sacrifice), though no specific rite is prescribed in this verse.