Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 113
अद्यप्रभृति यत्किंचिच्छ्राद्धं मर्त्ये भविष्यति । दैवं वा पैतृकं वाऽपि तस्य चांते व्यवस्थितः
adyaprabhṛti yatkiṃcicchrāddhaṃ martye bhaviṣyati | daivaṃ vā paitṛkaṃ vā'pi tasya cāṃte vyavasthitaḥ
ഇന്നുമുതൽ മർത്ത്യലോകത്തിൽ ഏതു ശ്രാദ്ധം നടന്നാലും—ദൈവത്തിനായാലും പിതൃക്കൾക്കായാലും—അതിന്റെ അവസാനം അവൻ സ്ഥാപിതനായി നിലകൊള്ളും.
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Devas/ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A śrāddha scene implied: offerings to devas and ancestors, with the unseen presence of Yajñapuruṣa standing at the rite’s conclusion as guarantor of fruition.
FAQs
Śrāddha is completed by acknowledging the supreme presiding principle—ensuring the rite reaches its intended spiritual recipient-order.
The verse gives a universal śrāddha rule within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; no specific location is named here.
At the end of any śrāddha (daiva or paitṛka), the presiding deity (Yajñapuruṣa) is to be regarded as present/established.