Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
सूत उवाच । ततस्तैर्ब्राह्मणैस्तुष्टैरनुज्ञातः पितामहः । चकार विधिवद्यज्ञं ये वृता ब्राह्मणाश्च तैः
sūta uvāca | tatastairbrāhmaṇaistuṣṭairanujñātaḥ pitāmahaḥ | cakāra vidhivadyajñaṃ ye vṛtā brāhmaṇāśca taiḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അപ്പോൾ സന്തുഷ്ടരായ ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാർ വിധിപൂർവ്വം അനുവാദം നൽകിയതോടെ പിതാമഹൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്), അവർ നിയോഗിച്ച ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരോടൊപ്പം, നിയമാനുസൃതമായി യജ്ഞം നിർവഹിച്ചു.
Sūta (narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūta narrates as Brahmā, now permitted, conducts a formal yajña with engaged brāhmaṇas around the fire-altar, ladles raised, smoke rising in a mandapa.
FAQs
Rituals become truly fruitful when performed in harmony with dharma—through proper procedure and the blessing of qualified priests.
The ongoing Nāgara-khaṇḍa kṣetra context is affirmed as a place where rule-bound yajña, done with sanction, is especially meaningful.
Yajña should be performed vidhivat and with anujñā from the Brāhmaṇas, employing properly selected officiants.
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