Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
निघ्नन्तो ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठान्भक्षयन्तो हवींषि च । तथा यानि विचित्राणि यज्ञार्थे कल्पितानि च
nighnanto brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhānbhakṣayanto havīṃṣi ca | tathā yāni vicitrāṇi yajñārthe kalpitāni ca
അവർ ബ്രാഹ്മണശ്രേഷ്ഠരെ വധിച്ചും ഹവിസ്സുകൾ ഭക്ഷിച്ചും, യാഗാർത്ഥം ഒരുക്കിയിരുന്ന വിവിധ വിചിത്ര ദ്രവ്യങ്ങളും ക്രമീകരണങ്ങളും കൂടി നശിപ്പിച്ചു।
Deductive (narratorial voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; explicit speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Chaos inside the yajña enclosure: rākṣasas strike down venerable priests; others seize and devour oblations; ritual vessels overturned; sacred arrangements scattered as flames flare and smoke rises.
FAQs
Harming the custodians of sacred rites and consuming offerings symbolizes adharma’s assault on spiritual order; dharma calls for protection and restoration.
The immediate verse does not identify the tīrtha; it functions as part of the tīrtha-centered narrative in Adhyāya 53.
No prescription is given; the verse describes the violation of yajña materials (havis and prepared offerings).