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
ວິສວາມິດຕະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພະຣາຊາຜູ້ປະເສີດ, ສິ່ງທັງປວງນີ້ຂ້າໄດ້ອະທິບາຍໃຫ້ທ່ານແລ້ວ ຕາມທີ່ທ່ານຖາມ: ວ່າຊາວນາກະຣາເປັນຜູ້ຄວນແກ່ພິທີສຣາດທະແນວໃດ ແລະຊາວນາກະຣາຖືກຈັດລະບຽບຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງແນວໃດ. ຂອບເຂດແຫ່ງຈັນຍາຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ ຖືກສ້າງຂຶ້ນໂດຍພິທີພະຣຕຣິຍະຍັດ ດັ່ງໃນການກ່ອນ.
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.
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