Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
सदस्या ऊचुः । कस्मात्पापसमेतस्त्वं प्रविष्टो यज्ञमण्डपे । कपाली नग्नरूपो यो यज्ञकर्मविवर्जितः
sadasyā ūcuḥ | kasmātpāpasametastvaṃ praviṣṭo yajñamaṇḍape | kapālī nagnarūpo yo yajñakarmavivarjitaḥ
เหล่าสมาชิกในสภากล่าวว่า: “เหตุไฉนท่านผู้มากับบาปจึงเข้ามาในมณฑปยัญ—โอ้ผู้ถือกะโหลก ผู้เปลือยกาย และผู้ละจากกิจยัญ?”
Sadasyāḥ (members of the sacrificial assembly)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly of hearers (contextual)
Scene: Inside a decorated yajña-maṇḍapa with fire-altar and seated ṛtviks, assembly members point accusingly at a skull-bearing, near-naked ascetic who has stepped across the threshold; tension between ritual order and the ascetic’s stark presence.
FAQs
Sacred spaces require purity and right conduct; adharmic entry into ritual space is challenged by the community.
Not specified in this verse; the focus is the yajñamaṇḍapa within a broader tīrtha-glorification chapter.
Observance of ritual eligibility and appropriate conduct within the yajñamaṇḍapa.