Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
श्राद्धे तस्यापि तत्सर्वं व्यर्थतां संप्रयास्यति । सर्वेषां नागराणां च मर्यादेयं कृता मया
śrāddhe tasyāpi tatsarvaṃ vyarthatāṃ saṃprayāsyati | sarveṣāṃ nāgarāṇāṃ ca maryādeyaṃ kṛtā mayā
Selbst in seinem śrāddha wird all dies ebenso zunichte werden. Diese Grenze rechten Verhaltens (maryādā) für alle Nāgaras habe ich festgelegt.
Unspecified in the snippet (the teacher asserts authorship of the maryādā)
Listener: All Nāgaras / dvijottamas
Scene: Skanda as a youthful divine teacher (or an authoritative sage-figure representing his voice) presents a palm-leaf charter labeled 'Nāgara-maryādā' to assembled dvijas; behind, a śrāddha scene is shown correctly performed, glowing with auspiciousness.
FAQs
Śrāddha is not merely an act but a regulated dharmic rite; violating established norms nullifies the intended merit.
No individual tīrtha is named; the passage functions as a normative framework within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
Follow the declared maryādā for Nāgaras in śrāddha and related rites; otherwise the śrāddha becomes ineffective.