Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
विप्रांश्च भिक्षुकांश्चैव दीनांधांश्च विशेषतः । समाप्तौ तस्य यज्ञस्य संतर्प्य सकलांस्ततः । ऋत्विजो दक्षिणाभिस्तान्यथोक्तान्द्विजसत्तमान्
viprāṃśca bhikṣukāṃścaiva dīnāṃdhāṃśca viśeṣataḥ | samāptau tasya yajñasya saṃtarpya sakalāṃstataḥ | ṛtvijo dakṣiṇābhistānyathoktāndvijasattamān
তেওঁ বিশেষকৈ ব্ৰাহ্মণ, ভিক্ষুক আৰু দীন-অন্ধসকলক সন্তুষ্ট কৰিলে। তাৰ পিছত সেই যজ্ঞ সমাপ্ত হ’লে, সকলোকে বিধিমতে তৃপ্তি আৰু সন্মান দান কৰি, ঋত্বিজ পুৰোহিতসকলক শাস্ত্ৰোক্ত দক্ষিণা প্ৰদান কৰিলে।
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-uttamas (assembled sages)
Scene: After the yajña, a large feeding hall: brāhmaṇas and bhikṣukas seated in rows; the poor and blind are served first; priests receive dakṣiṇā respectfully; the yajamāna bows in gratitude.
FAQs
True ritual culminates in compassion and generosity—feeding and honoring all, and giving proper dakṣiṇā to the priests.
The acts occur in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context, where dharmic giving and yajña are celebrated as tīrtha-enhancing.
Saṃtarpana (satisfying/feeding) at yajña completion and giving dakṣiṇā to ṛtviks as prescribed (yathokta).