Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
अथागमंस्ततो विप्रास्तत्र क्षेत्रनिवासिनः । दक्षिणार्थं महदेवि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
athāgamaṃstato viprāstatra kṣetranivāsinaḥ | dakṣiṇārthaṃ mahadevi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
তাৰ পাছত, হে মহাদেৱী, সেই ক্ষেত্ৰত নিবাস কৰা ব্ৰাহ্মণসকল দক্ষিণাৰ নিমিত্তে শত শত আৰু সহস্ৰ সহস্ৰকৈ তাত আহিল।
Śiva (deduced; addressing 'mahādevi')
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī / Pārvatī (explicit 'mahādevi')
Scene: After the yajña, streams of brāhmaṇas from the Prabhāsa region arrive in large numbers, hands extended in formal request for dakṣiṇā; the yajña pavilion stands behind them with extinguishing fires and arranged vessels.
FAQs
Yajña is paired with dāna; supporting officiants through dakṣiṇā is treated as an integral limb of ritual dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where residents gather around the completed sacrifice.
Giving dakṣiṇā (sacrificial honorarium/charity) to brāhmaṇas after the yajña.