Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
ते वेदा ब्राह्मणाधारा ब्राह्मणाश्चाग्निदैवताः । अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिर्विप्रो यज्ञे देवं यजन्सदा
te vedā brāhmaṇādhārā brāhmaṇāścāgnidaivatāḥ | agnau prāstāhutirvipro yajñe devaṃ yajansadā
वेदाः ब्राह्मणाधाराः, ब्राह्मणाश्चाग्निदैवताः। विप्रोऽग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिं क्षिपन् यज्ञेन देवं सदा यजति॥
Brahmā
Scene: A learned hotṛ/adhvaryu offers ghee into a bright sacrificial fire; Vedic manuscripts and kusa grass nearby; devas subtly implied in the flames; atmosphere of disciplined sanctity.
FAQs
Scripture, priestly responsibility, and sacrificial worship form an interlinked dharmic order sustaining sacred life.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports the ritual-theological framework within the kṣetra-māhātmya narrative.
Offering āhuti into Agni and worshipping the deity through yajña as a continual dharmic practice.
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