Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
विप्रांश्च भिक्षुकांश्चैव दीनांधांश्च विशेषतः । समाप्तौ तस्य यज्ञस्य संतर्प्य सकलांस्ततः । ऋत्विजो दक्षिणाभिस्तान्यथोक्तान्द्विजसत्तमान्
viprāṃśca bhikṣukāṃścaiva dīnāṃdhāṃśca viśeṣataḥ | samāptau tasya yajñasya saṃtarpya sakalāṃstataḥ | ṛtvijo dakṣiṇābhistānyathoktāndvijasattamān
അവൻ പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരെയും ഭിക്ഷുക്കളെയും ദീനാന്ധരെയും തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തി. യജ്ഞം സമാപ്തമായപ്പോൾ എല്ലാവരെയും യഥോചിതമായി ആദരിച്ചു, ഋത്വിജന്മാർക്ക് ശാസ്ത്രോക്ത ദക്ഷിണകൾ നൽകി.
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-uttamas (assembled sages)
Scene: After the yajña, a large feeding hall: brāhmaṇas and bhikṣukas seated in rows; the poor and blind are served first; priests receive dakṣiṇā respectfully; the yajamāna bows in gratitude.
FAQs
True ritual culminates in compassion and generosity—feeding and honoring all, and giving proper dakṣiṇā to the priests.
The acts occur in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context, where dharmic giving and yajña are celebrated as tīrtha-enhancing.
Saṃtarpana (satisfying/feeding) at yajña completion and giving dakṣiṇā to ṛtviks as prescribed (yathokta).