Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
विश्वामित्र उवाच । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽस्मि नृपोत्तम । श्राद्धार्हा नागरा येन नागराणां व्यवस्थिताः । भर्तृयज्ञेन मर्यादा कृता तेषां यथा पुरा
viśvāmitra uvāca | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi nṛpottama | śrāddhārhā nāgarā yena nāgarāṇāṃ vyavasthitāḥ | bhartṛyajñena maryādā kṛtā teṣāṃ yathā purā
ヴィシュヴァーミトラは言った。「王の中の最勝者よ、汝が問うたとおり、すべてを汝に説き明かした。すなわち、ナーガラたちがいかにしてシュラーダ（祖霊供養）にふさわしいと認められ、またナーガラの人々がいかに正しく規定されているかである。彼らの行いの規範の境界は、昔のごとくバルトリヤジュニャによって定められた。」
Viśvāmitra
Listener: Nṛpottama (unnamed king)
Scene: Viśvāmitra, seated as a venerable ṛṣi, concludes a formal exposition to a king; the atmosphere is juridical-sacral—like a dharma-assembly—invoking the ancient precedent of Bhartṛyajña establishing communal boundaries.
FAQs
Dharma is transmitted through authoritative tradition; eligibility for sacred rites is safeguarded by time-tested boundaries of conduct.
No distinct tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves as a concluding doctrinal summary within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
It affirms the established criteria by which Nāgaras are considered śrāddhārha, grounded in the precedent of Bhartṛyajña.