Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । कृत्वा श्राद्धं महाराज प्रदातव्याऽथ दक्षिणा । ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्ततः श्राद्धं पितॄणां चोपतिष्ठति
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ mahārāja pradātavyā'tha dakṣiṇā | brāhmaṇebhyastataḥ śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ copatiṣṭhati
Die Brāhmaṇas sprachen: «O großer König, nachdem das śrāddha vollzogen ist, soll danach die dakṣiṇā (priesterliche Gabe) gegeben werden. Denn wenn sie den Brāhmaṇas dargebracht wird, gelangt das śrāddha ordnungsgemäß zu den Ahnen und kommt ihnen zugute.»
Brāhmaṇas
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A king completes a śrāddha rite; brāhmaṇas seated on kuśa mats receive dakṣiṇā while offerings are mentally dedicated to pitṛs.
FAQs
Ritual sincerity must be completed through generosity—dakṣiṇā is portrayed as the seal that carries śrāddha’s benefit to the ancestors.
This is a dharma-instruction within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse itself does not specify a single tīrtha name.
After śrāddha, dakṣiṇā must be given to brāhmaṇas; this is stated as essential for the rite to properly reach the pitṛs.