Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
का चैव दक्षिणा दत्ता तेन तेषां द्विजन्मनाम् । कोऽध्वर्युर्विहितस्तत्र येन तद्यजनं कृतम्
kā caiva dakṣiṇā dattā tena teṣāṃ dvijanmanām | ko'dhvaryurvihitastatra yena tadyajanaṃ kṛtam
ហើយព្រះអង្គបានប្រគល់ទក្ខិណា (dakṣiṇā) អ្វីដល់ព្រះសង្ឃព្រាហ្មណ៍ទ្វិជជន្ម (twice-born) ទាំងនោះ? ហើយនៅទីនោះ តើអ្នកណាត្រូវបានតែងតាំងជាអធ្វរយុ (Adhvaryu) ដោយគាត់បានអនុវត្តយញ្ញានោះតាមពិធីដ៏ត្រឹមត្រូវ?
Sages (Ṛṣis) questioning Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijapuṅgava-s / brāhmaṇa audience
Scene: The questioners press for concrete details: what dakṣiṇā was given and who served as Adhvaryu, emphasizing the administrative-ritual backbone of the sacrifice.
FAQs
True yajña is upheld by dharma: proper officiants and rightful dakṣiṇā ensure the rite becomes meritorious and auspicious.
The verse sits within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the specific tīrtha is part of the surrounding Adhyāya 180 narrative rather than named in this single line.
It points to two essentials of ritual correctness: giving dakṣiṇā to the twice-born priests and appointing the Adhvaryu to conduct the yajña.