Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
संप्राप्तो विप्रमुख्यानां सभा यत्र व्यवस्थिता । पठंति सर्वशास्त्राणि वेदांतानि च कृत्स्नशः
saṃprāpto vipramukhyānāṃ sabhā yatra vyavasthitā | paṭhaṃti sarvaśāstrāṇi vedāṃtāni ca kṛtsnaśaḥ
وہ اُن معزز وِپروں کی مجلس میں پہنچا جو وہاں قائم تھی، جہاں تمام شاستر اور ویدانت پورے طور پر پڑھے جاتے تھے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A formal assembly hall or shaded courtyard where eminent brāhmaṇas sit in rows on kuśa mats, manuscripts/palm-leaf texts present; recitation in progress; the protagonist arrives at the threshold with folded hands.
FAQs
Dharma is to be clarified through śāstra and the counsel of the learned, not by impulse or despair.
Not specified in this verse; it describes a learned assembly within the chapter’s setting.
No direct rite; it indicates seeking authoritative guidance for expiation.