Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
सूत उवाच । तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा उद्गाता तामथाब्रवीत् । अद्यप्रभृति यः कश्चिद्यज्ञमत्र करिष्यति
sūta uvāca | tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā udgātā tāmathābravīt | adyaprabhṛti yaḥ kaścidyajñamatra kariṣyati
قال سوتا: فلمّا سمع كلامها أجابها المُنشدُ الطقسيّ (أُدغاتṛ): «من هذا اليوم فصاعدًا، أيًّا كان من سيُقيم هنا اليَجْنَة (القربان)…»
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka/assembled sages (implied traditional audience of Sūta narratives; not named in this verse)
Scene: Sūta narrates as the Udgātṛ, having heard Audumbarī’s request, begins to proclaim a binding rule for all who will perform sacrifice at that place from now on.
FAQs
It transitions from a boon-request to an enduring dhārmic ordinance, showing how sacred narratives establish ongoing ritual customs in a kṣetra.
The word “atra” (here) indicates a specific sacred location in the chapter’s setting, but the name is not present in this verse alone.
It introduces a standing rule applying to future yajñas performed at that location (completed in the next verse).
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