Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95
पुरा ह्येतन्मया प्रोक्तं सर्वेषां च द्विजन्मनाम् । एतत्पूर्वं च यच्छ्राद्धं सफलं तद्भविष्यति
purā hyetanmayā proktaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca dvijanmanām | etatpūrvaṃ ca yacchrāddhaṃ saphalaṃ tadbhaviṣyati
Sungguh, hal ini telah dahulu kala kuwartakan bagi semua dvija (yang dua kali lahir). Dan Śrāddha apa pun yang dilakukan sebelum ketentuan ini berubah, itulah yang akan berbuah dan berhasil.
Brahmā (contextual continuation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijas (general audience) and interlocutor in the scene
Scene: An authoritative proclamation to the twice-born: earlier śrāddhas performed before a change remain successful; the speaker’s hand raised in blessing/assurance, listeners relieved.
FAQs
Dharma protects sincere past observances: rites performed in good faith under earlier injunctions retain their merit.
This line emphasizes the authority of śrāddha injunctions within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting rather than praising a named site directly.
Śrāddhas performed earlier (etat-pūrva) are affirmed as ‘saphala’—bearing fruit—i.e., not invalidated retroactively.