Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
समंतात्कल्पितास्तत्र दृश्यंते पर्वतोपमाः । वर्तमाने महायज्ञे तस्मिन्नेव सुविस्तरे
samaṃtātkalpitāstatra dṛśyaṃte parvatopamāḥ | vartamāne mahāyajñe tasminneva suvistare
چاروں طرف وہاں پہاڑوں جیسی ساختیں ترتیب دی ہوئی دکھائی دیتی تھیں، جب وہی عظیم یَجْن نہایت وسیع اور شاندار انداز میں جاری تھا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sweeping view of a grand sacrifice in progress; around it rise constructed mounds and pavilions resembling mountains, forming a ring of monumental arrangements around the central fire.
FAQs
The verse celebrates the grandeur of dharmic rites, portraying yajña as a cosmic, ordered undertaking that sanctifies space.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the general tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
No explicit injunction is given; it describes the elaborate, expansive conduct of a mahāyajña.