Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
ततश्च पाचयामास तदर्थे जनकोद्भवा । रामादेशात्स्वयं साध्वी विनयेन समन्विता
tataśca pācayāmāsa tadarthe janakodbhavā | rāmādeśātsvayaṃ sādhvī vinayena samanvitā
പിന്നീട് ജനകനന്ദിനിയായ സീത, വിനയസമ്പന്നയായ സതീ, രാമന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം ആ ആവശ്യത്തിനായി സ്വയം പാകം ചെയ്തു।
Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sītā, modest and composed, cooks at a simple forest hearth; vessels and gathered fruits are arranged neatly; Rāma’s instruction is the guiding cause, with an atmosphere of sacred domesticity.
FAQs
Purity of conduct—humility, virtue, and obedience to dharma—sanctifies ritual action as much as the offerings themselves.
The same śrāddha-tīrtha setting; the narrative underscores that rites performed there are carefully prepared and dharmically executed.
Cooking/preparing the śrāddha meal/offerings as part of the rite, done with modesty and adherence to instruction.