Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
श्रेष्ठं हि विहितं प्राहुर्धर्मकर्म युधिष्ठिर । तैरेव कारयेत्तस्मान्नोत्तमैर्नाधमैरपि
śreṣṭhaṃ hi vihitaṃ prāhurdharmakarma yudhiṣṭhira | taireva kārayettasmānnottamairnādhamairapi
Oh Yudhiṣṭhira, los sabios declaran que un rito dhármico es excelente cuando se realiza según lo prescrito. Por ello, que tales actos se cumplan por quienes son aptos: ni por los demasiado encumbrados ni por los indignos.
Uncertain from snippet (dialogue addressing Yudhiṣṭhira; likely a Purāṇic narrator/teacher speaking to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A sage addresses Yudhiṣṭhira with a gesture of instruction; behind them, a ritual platform shows orderly arrangement—fire, water, flowers—symbolizing ‘vidhi’.
FAQs
Dharmic acts bear their proper fruit when done according to śāstra by those qualified for that duty.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it gives a general dharma-rule within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
That prescribed dharma-karmas should be performed by appropriate/eligible persons, not by the unfit.