Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75
दत्त्वाऽन्येभ्योथ देवेभ्यस्तव तृप्तिर्भविष्यति । तव पक्षे द्वितीये तु सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
dattvā'nyebhyotha devebhyastava tṛptirbhaviṣyati | tava pakṣe dvitīye tu satyametanmayoditam
“Dengan mempersembahkan pula kepada para dewa yang lain, barulah kepuasanmu akan timbul. Pada paruh bulananmu yang kedua, inilah kebenaran yang telah kukatakan.”
Brahmā (deduced from narrative flow)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / the addressed being (contextual)
Scene: Ritual scene where offerings are apportioned to multiple deities; the addressed being’s ‘satisfaction’ is shown as calming/withdrawing after proper distribution; mention of ‘second fortnight’ suggests a calendrical backdrop (pakṣa).
FAQs
Properly directed offerings—done inclusively for the devas—bring inner and cosmic appeasement (tṛpti) aligned with dharma.
The instruction occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting of Nāgara Khaṇḍa, tied to the Yakṣma-tīrtha narrative.
Make offerings to other deities as part of the prescribed sequence; the verse also references observance by a ‘second fortnight’ (dvitīya pakṣa) in the ritual calendar.