Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
अन्ये ब्राह्मणशार्दूला वेदांगेषु विचक्षणाः । प्रवदंति च संदेहान्वृन्दानामग्रतः स्थिताः
anye brāhmaṇaśārdūlā vedāṃgeṣu vicakṣaṇāḥ | pravadaṃti ca saṃdehānvṛndānāmagrataḥ sthitāḥ
മറ്റുള്ളവർ ബ്രാഹ്മണശാർദൂലന്മാർ, വേദാംഗങ്ങളിൽ നിപുണർ; അവർ വൃന്ദങ്ങളുടെ മുൻപിൽ നിന്നുകൊണ്ട് സംശയങ്ങൾ തുറന്നുപറഞ്ഞു ചർച്ച ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (contextual; not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the front of several seated circles, confident brāhmaṇa leaders stand and speak; gestures indicate debate—raised hand, pointing to a manuscript; listeners lean in, some with questioning expressions, suggesting a formal yet lively Vedāṅga discussion.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through sincere inquiry—learned people refine understanding by openly examining doubts in a righteous assembly.
This verse sets the scene within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it describes scholarly discussion among brāhmaṇas.