Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
ततः सर्वान्समाहूय स विप्रान्पुरसंभवान् । प्रोवाच कौरवो भीष्मो विनयावनतः स्थितः
tataḥ sarvānsamāhūya sa viprānpurasaṃbhavān | provāca kauravo bhīṣmo vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ
ତାପରେ ସେ ନଗରର ସମସ୍ତ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କୁ ଡାକିଲେ। ତଦନନ୍ତରେ ବିନୟରେ ନତ ହୋଇ, ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହିତ ଦଣ୍ଡାୟମାନ କୌରବ ଭୀଷ୍ମ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ସମ୍ବୋଧନ କଲେ।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bhīṣma gathers the town’s brāhmaṇas; he stands respectfully with bowed head and folded hands, addressing them in a newly consecrated sacred precinct with altars and icons nearby.
FAQs
Sacred works at a tīrtha are secured through humility and cooperation—especially honoring those entrusted with ritual continuity.
The same tīrtha setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 57; the verse highlights local brāhmaṇas in that place.
No specific rite; it introduces the formal entrustment of worship/maintenance to brāhmaṇas.