Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अथ ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे तस्य संपर्कदूषिताः । भर्तृयज्ञं समासाद्य तेनैव सहितास्ततः
atha te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve tasya saṃparkadūṣitāḥ | bhartṛyajñaṃ samāsādya tenaiva sahitāstataḥ
پھر وہ سب برہمن—اُس کی صحبت سے آلودہ ہو کر—شوہر کے یَجْن کے پاس آئے، اور اس کے بعد اسی کے ساتھ اکٹھے رہے۔
Narrator (within the Purāṇic frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas, uneasy and shadowed by moral doubt, move toward a yajña pavilion where the ‘husband’s sacrifice’ is underway; the suspect figure remains among them, creating a visual contrast between sacred fire and creeping defilement.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma highlights that association affects ritual purity; discernment in company safeguards sacred rites.
No tīrtha is named directly in this verse.
It references a bhartṛ-yajña (a husband’s sacrificial rite), implying concerns of eligibility and purity in participation.