Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
सामगाश्च प्रकुर्वंति स्तोत्राणि विविधानि च । शास्त्राणि च तथा याज्यापुरोनुवाक्या स्तथा
sāmagāśca prakurvaṃti stotrāṇi vividhāni ca | śāstrāṇi ca tathā yājyāpuronuvākyā stathā
اور سام وید کے گانے والے طرح طرح کے ستوتر گاتے تھے؛ اسی طرح شاستر کے پاٹھ، یاجیا کے منتر، اور پورو اَنُواکیا کی تمہیدی رِچائیں بھی ادا کرتے تھے۔
Narrator (contextual; not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Udgātṛ-like singers render Sāmavedic melodies while other priests recite yājyā and puronuvākyā; the assembly appears like a living yajña without visible fire—sound itself becomes the offering.
FAQs
Sacred sound is ritual power: orderly liturgical chant and mantra uphold yajña and the cosmic order it mirrors.
Dharmāraṇya is indirectly praised as a place where complete Vedic ritual culture is actively practiced.
Performance of Sāma-stotras and yajña-related recitations including yājyā and puronuvākyā formulas.