Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105
देवा ऊचुः । नूनं त्वं विबुधो भूत्वा देवलोके निवत्स्यसि । अनेनेव शरीरेण यज्ञभागविवर्जितः
devā ūcuḥ | nūnaṃ tvaṃ vibudho bhūtvā devaloke nivatsyasi | aneneva śarīreṇa yajñabhāgavivarjitaḥ
Les dieux dirent : «Assurément, devenu un être céleste, tu demeureras au monde des dieux ; mais avec ce même corps tu seras privé de ta part dans les offrandes du sacrifice.»
Devas
Type: kshetra
Listener: Atithi (brāhmaṇa-guest)
Scene: A council of devas in a luminous sabhā addresses a humble brāhmaṇa-guest; a boon is offered but bounded—heavenly ascent with the same body, yet without yajña-share.
FAQs
Boons operate within cosmic law: elevation is granted, yet consequences and limitations remain according to dharma and eligibility.
No site is directly named; the tīrtha-māhātmya context is carried by the divine assembly and boon-granting scene.
It mentions ‘yajña-bhāga’ (share in sacrificial offerings) as something withheld; it does not prescribe a ritual, but indicates a ritual-status consequence.