Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
ईश्वर उवाच । एवं श्रुत्वा यदा विप्रा ज्ञात्वा सर्वं तु कारणम् । चरिता यज्ञकार्यार्थं ततश्चक्रुरुप क्रमम्
īśvara uvāca | evaṃ śrutvā yadā viprā jñātvā sarvaṃ tu kāraṇam | caritā yajñakāryārthaṃ tataścakrurupa kramam
ဣရှ္ဝရ မိန့်တော်မူသည်။ «ဗြာဟ္မဏတို့သည် ဤသို့ကြားသိ၍ အကြောင်းရင်းအားလုံးကို နားလည်သိမြင်သော် ယဇ္ဉကိစ္စ ပြီးမြောက်စေရန် လိုအပ်သည့် အဆင့်ဆင့်ကို ထိုနောက် စတင်ဆောင်ရွက်ကြ၏»။
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied Purāṇic audience
Scene: After receiving the explanation, the brāhmaṇas turn from dialogue to action—arranging seats, kindling fire, preparing offerings—beginning the sacrificial sequence with composed focus.
FAQs
Right understanding (jñāna) should culminate in right action (karma): once the cause is known, dharmic work is begun without delay.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the stage for orderly yajña performance under divine narration.
Upakrama—beginning the prescribed sequence of actions for yajña-kārya (sacrificial duties).
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