Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
ततः कृच्छ्रात्समासाद्य सैवं तं यज्ञमंडपम् । कृच्छ्रात्कारागृहं तद्वद्दुष्प्रेक्ष्यं दृक्पथं गतम्
tataḥ kṛcchrātsamāsādya saivaṃ taṃ yajñamaṃḍapam | kṛcchrātkārāgṛhaṃ tadvadduṣprekṣyaṃ dṛkpathaṃ gatam
ततः सा कृच्छ्रात् समासाद्य तमेव यज्ञमण्डपम्; कारागृहवत् दुष्प्रेक्ष्यं तद् दृक्पथं गतम्।
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.