Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
होतव्यं हविरेवात्र समाप्तिं यास्यति क्रतुः । नान्यथा सत्यमेवोक्तं तवाग्रे चतुरानन
hotavyaṃ havirevātra samāptiṃ yāsyati kratuḥ | nānyathā satyamevoktaṃ tavāgre caturānana
«هنا لا يُقدَّم إلا الهَفِس وحده؛ وبه يبلغ القِرْتو تمامه—ولا يكون بغير ذلك. هذه هي الحقيقة التي أنطق بها أمامك، يا تشاتورانانا، ذو الوجوه الأربعة (براهما).»
Śiva
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (Caturānana)
Scene: The deity speaks firmly before Brahmā: only the havis-offering here completes the kratu; Brahmā listens with folded hands, the fire steady and bright.
FAQs
Spiritual efficacy depends on fidelity to dharma: correct means and truthful intention complete sacred acts.
Not specified in this verse; it reinforces the authority of proper worship that underlies tīrtha greatness.
A firm rule that the rite reaches completion only by offering the proper havis in the prescribed manner.