Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
मया तद्विहितं श्राद्धं तस्यैतत्फलमागतम् । सांप्रतं विधिना सम्यग्ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः
mayā tadvihitaṃ śrāddhaṃ tasyaitatphalamāgatam | sāṃprataṃ vidhinā samyagbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ
মই সেই শ্ৰাদ্ধ বিধিমতে কৰিছিলোঁ; তাৰেই এই ফল লাভ হ’ল। এতিয়া কিন্তু বেদ-পাৰগ ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলৰ সৈতে, বিধি অনুসাৰে, ই সঠিকভাৱে সম্পন্ন কৰা হৈছে।
An unnamed narrator addressing brāhmaṇas; specific name not given in this excerpt
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijottamāḥ)
Scene: A pilgrim-narrator speaks humbly of having performed śrāddha and now seeing its fruit; in the foreground, Veda-knowing brāhmaṇas sit in orderly rows with ritual vessels, darbha, and offerings, suggesting a tīrtha setting.
FAQs
Even if earlier practice was flawed, one should reform and perform rites correctly with qualified Vedic brāhmaṇas.
The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-mahātmya, but does not itself specify the site.
Śrāddha should be performed vidhinā (by proper procedure) with Veda-versed brāhmaṇas.