Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्वशाखायाः स्मृतं नृप । स्वदेशवर्णजातीयं यथा स्यादत्र निर्वृतिः
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi svaśākhāyāḥ smṛtaṃ nṛpa | svadeśavarṇajātīyaṃ yathā syādatra nirvṛtiḥ
এতিয়া, হে নৃপ! নিজৰ বেদীয় শাখাত যি স্মৃত, আৰু নিজৰ দেশ, বৰ্ণ আৰু জাতিৰ অনুকূল যি আচাৰ—সেই সকলো মই ক’ম, যাতে ইয়াত যথাযথ সন্তুষ্টি আৰু শুদ্ধতা থাকে।
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: The sage points to different manuscripts/recension scrolls labeled by śākhā, while attendants bring regional offerings; the king listens as ‘local custom’ and ‘Vedic branch’ are reconciled.
FAQs
Dharma is both universal and contextual: śrāddha should respect core principles while aligning with one’s śākhā and legitimate local tradition.
The site-context remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though the verse itself discusses ritual adaptability rather than a tīrtha description.
It prescribes that śrāddha details be followed according to one’s Vedic śākhā and appropriate regional/communal norms.