Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
न तत्र लक्ष्यते ब्रह्मा न तत्कर्म च वारुणम् । क्रियमाणैर्द्विजैस्तत्र व्याप्ते भूमि तलेऽखिले
na tatra lakṣyate brahmā na tatkarma ca vāruṇam | kriyamāṇairdvijaistatra vyāpte bhūmi tale'khile
तेथे ब्रह्मा दिसत नव्हता, आणि ते वारुण कर्मही ओळखू येत नव्हते; कारण विधी करणाऱ्या द्विजांनी सर्व भूमितल सर्वत्र व्यापून टाकले होते।
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual field packed wall-to-wall with dvijas performing rites; smoke of offerings, lines of vessels and kuśa-grass, and the presiding figure (Brahmā) not easily discernible amid the sea of white-clad priests.
FAQs
At great tīrtha gatherings, dharma becomes a living landscape—so abundant that even eminent figures may be obscured by the multitude of rites.
Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara and its ritual grounds during the bathing occasion.
The performance of water-associated rites (vāruṇa karma) and other dvija rituals in the tīrtha setting.