Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
सदेव नियताः संतः शांताः षोडश ते द्विजाः । उपहाराः सदा प्रेष्यास्त्वया भक्त्या महीपते । मासांते चाभिषेकश्च ग्राह्यो रुद्रघटोद्भवः
sadeva niyatāḥ saṃtaḥ śāṃtāḥ ṣoḍaśa te dvijāḥ | upahārāḥ sadā preṣyāstvayā bhaktyā mahīpate | māsāṃte cābhiṣekaśca grāhyo rudraghaṭodbhavaḥ
সেই ষোলোজন দ্বিজ সদায় নিয়মপালক—সৎ আৰু শান্ত। হে মহীপতে, ভক্তিৰে তুমি সদায় তেওঁলোকলৈ উপহাৰ পঠিয়াবা; আৰু প্ৰতিমাহৰ অন্তত ৰুদ্ৰঘটত উদ্ভূত জলেৰে বিধিপূৰ্বক ৰুদ্ৰাভিষেক গ্ৰহণ কৰি সম্পাদন কৰিবা।
Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa (contextual purāṇic narrator addressing/relating counsel to a king)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sixteen serene brāhmaṇas stand as a disciplined ritual college; the king offers gifts, while a Rudra-kalaśa (consecrated pot) is prepared for monthly abhiṣeka.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through disciplined, regular worship of Rudra and respectful support of virtuous brāhmaṇas sustains dharma and auspiciousness.
The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the snippet emphasizes tīrtha-based ritual discipline rather than naming the site explicitly.
Monthly (māsānta) Rudra-abhiṣeka using consecrated water from a Rudra-ghaṭa, along with regular offerings sent to sixteen disciplined brāhmaṇas.