Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
खड्गवाध्रीणसोद्भूतं मांसं श्राद्धे सुतृप्तिदम् । तौ चापि परमौ दिव्यौ स्वर्गं लोकं गमिष्यतः
khaḍgavādhrīṇasodbhūtaṃ māṃsaṃ śrāddhe sutṛptidam | tau cāpi paramau divyau svargaṃ lokaṃ gamiṣyataḥ
La chair issue du khaḍga (rhinocéros) et du vādhrīṇasa, lorsqu’elle est employée au Śrāddha, procure une satisfaction parfaite ; et ces deux êtres, éminemment divins, gagneront le monde céleste.
Bhartṛyajña (continuing explanation, concluding the quoted rationale)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A śrāddha setting with ritual vessels, darbha, and offerings; Pitṛs appear visibly ‘satisfied’ (tṛpta). The narrative closes with a luminous ascent motif toward svarga.
FAQs
Śrāddha is presented as a powerful rite of ancestral satisfaction, with specific mythic categories of offerings described as exceptionally efficacious.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
Use of khaḍga/vādhrīṇasa-related meat as a śrāddha offering is stated to yield strong tṛpti and heavenly fruit within the narrative’s framework.