Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अथ ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे तस्य संपर्कदूषिताः । भर्तृयज्ञं समासाद्य तेनैव सहितास्ततः
atha te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve tasya saṃparkadūṣitāḥ | bhartṛyajñaṃ samāsādya tenaiva sahitāstataḥ
ତେବେ ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ତାହାଙ୍କ ସଂସର୍ଗରେ ଦୂଷିତ ହୋଇ, ଭର୍ତ୍ତୃଯଜ୍ଞକୁ ଆସି, ପରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତାହାଙ୍କ ସହିତ ଏକତ୍ର ରହିଲେ।
Narrator (within the Purāṇic frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas, uneasy and shadowed by moral doubt, move toward a yajña pavilion where the ‘husband’s sacrifice’ is underway; the suspect figure remains among them, creating a visual contrast between sacred fire and creeping defilement.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma highlights that association affects ritual purity; discernment in company safeguards sacred rites.
No tīrtha is named directly in this verse.
It references a bhartṛ-yajña (a husband’s sacrificial rite), implying concerns of eligibility and purity in participation.