Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
ततः कृच्छ्रात्समासाद्य सैवं तं यज्ञमंडपम् । कृच्छ्रात्कारागृहं तद्वद्दुष्प्रेक्ष्यं दृक्पथं गतम्
tataḥ kṛcchrātsamāsādya saivaṃ taṃ yajñamaṃḍapam | kṛcchrātkārāgṛhaṃ tadvadduṣprekṣyaṃ dṛkpathaṃ gatam
Kemudian, dengan susah payah, dia sampai ke balai mandapa yajña itu. Ia memasuki pandangannya bagaikan rumah penjara yang sukar ditatap, menyakitkan untuk dilihat.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not present in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sāvitrī reaches the yajña pavilion with difficulty; the pavilion looms like a prison—darkened entrances, oppressive pillars—painful to behold despite ritual paraphernalia.
FAQs
A sacred space loses its auspiciousness when unrighteousness enters; the atmosphere itself becomes oppressive to the virtuous.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
No prescription; it references the yajña-maṇḍapa as the locus of the unfolding event.