Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25
अथवा विनिवेद्यं च क्रियते यत्परस्परम् । अनिवेद्य च तां राजन्कुर्वाणो विघ्नमेष्यति
athavā vinivedyaṃ ca kriyate yatparasparam | anivedya ca tāṃ rājankurvāṇo vighnameṣyati
অথবা, হে রাজন! পরস্পরের লেনদেনে যা কিছু করা হয়, তা প্রথমে দেবীর নিকট নিবেদন করেই করা উচিত। তাঁকে নিবেদন না করে যে করে, সে অবশ্যই বিঘ্নের সম্মুখীন হয়।
Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (deductively a Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā (King)
Scene: A king listens as a sage instructs that all mutual dealings must be preceded by offering to the presiding Devī; a small shrine in a forest-kshetra, with ritual tray ready, suggesting ‘permission before action’.
FAQs
Begin undertakings with reverent offering and acknowledgement of the Goddess; negligence invites obstacles.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred setting; the verse focuses on ritual protocol rather than naming a separate tīrtha.
To 'vinivedya'—formally offer/submit first to the Goddess before proceeding with actions.