Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
तावत्तत्र सशिष्याणां श्राद्धकर्मविधिं वदन् । संस्थितो वेष्टितः शिष्यैः समन्ताद्द्विजसत्तमाः
tāvattatra saśiṣyāṇāṃ śrāddhakarmavidhiṃ vadan | saṃsthito veṣṭitaḥ śiṣyaiḥ samantāddvijasattamāḥ
അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ ദ്വിജസത്തമന്മാരേ! അദ്ദേഹം അവിടെ ശിഷ്യന്മാർക്ക് ശ്രാദ്ധകർമ്മത്തിന്റെ വിധി ഉപദേശിച്ചു നിൽക്കുകയായിരുന്നു; ശിഷ്യന്മാർ ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാം അദ്ദേഹത്തെ വളഞ്ഞുനിന്നു।
Unspecified narrator; the referenced teacher is the sage Agniveśa
Tirtha: Agniveśa-āśrama (śrāddha-vidyā-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (addressed)
Scene: A serene teaching scene: sage Agniveśa stands or sits, surrounded by attentive disciples, explaining śrāddha procedure; ritual implements (kuśa, water vessel, piṇḍa plate) are visible.
FAQs
Dharma is preserved through right instruction: śrāddha is taught as a sacred duty sustaining the pitṛs and social-religious order.
The ashrama setting functions as a sanctified locus; explicit tīrtha naming is not present in this verse.
Śrāddha-karmavidhi—formal guidance on how to perform śrāddha—though the detailed rules appear in the subsequent verses.