Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
सदेव नियताः संतः शांताः षोडश ते द्विजाः । उपहाराः सदा प्रेष्यास्त्वया भक्त्या महीपते । मासांते चाभिषेकश्च ग्राह्यो रुद्रघटोद्भवः
sadeva niyatāḥ saṃtaḥ śāṃtāḥ ṣoḍaśa te dvijāḥ | upahārāḥ sadā preṣyāstvayā bhaktyā mahīpate | māsāṃte cābhiṣekaśca grāhyo rudraghaṭodbhavaḥ
ആ പതിനാറു ദ്വിജന്മാർ സദാ നിയമനിഷ്ഠരും സദ്ഗുണസമ്പന്നരും ശാന്തരുമാണ്. ഹേ മഹീപതേ! ഭക്തിയോടെ നീ അവർക്കു നിത്യവും ഉപഹാരങ്ങൾ അയയ്ക്കണം; കൂടാതെ ഓരോ മാസാന്തത്തിലും രുദ്രഘടോത്ഭവ ജലത്തോടെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം രുദ്രാഭിഷേകം സ്വീകരിക്കണം.
Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa (contextual purāṇic narrator addressing/relating counsel to a king)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sixteen serene brāhmaṇas stand as a disciplined ritual college; the king offers gifts, while a Rudra-kalaśa (consecrated pot) is prepared for monthly abhiṣeka.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through disciplined, regular worship of Rudra and respectful support of virtuous brāhmaṇas sustains dharma and auspiciousness.
The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the snippet emphasizes tīrtha-based ritual discipline rather than naming the site explicitly.
Monthly (māsānta) Rudra-abhiṣeka using consecrated water from a Rudra-ghaṭa, along with regular offerings sent to sixteen disciplined brāhmaṇas.