Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
श्राद्धे भुक्त्वाऽथ दत्त्वा वा यः श्राद्धं मानवाधमः । ग्रामातरं प्रयात्यत्र तच्छ्राद्धं व्यर्थतां व्रजेत्
śrāddhe bhuktvā'tha dattvā vā yaḥ śrāddhaṃ mānavādhamaḥ | grāmātaraṃ prayātyatra tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet
إن كان رجلٌ دنيء، بعد أن أكل في الشرادها أو بعد أن قدّم الشرادها، يذهب من هناك إلى قرية أخرى، فإن تلك الشرادها تصير باطلةً بلا ثمرة.
Bhartṛyajña (didactic instruction within Śrāddha-kalpa)
Listener: King (implied by nearby address)
Scene: A traveler with staff and bundle stepping away from a śrāddha courtyard while the ritual space remains behind; a teacher figure gestures to stop him; the pitṛs above appear to recede, indicating loss of phala.
FAQs
After Śrāddha, one should maintain prescribed decorum and stability; frivolous departure is treated as disrespect that cancels merit.
The rule is given in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative setting of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
Do not immediately depart ‘from there’ to another village after participating in Śrāddha as eater or donor.