Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
ततः सर्वं समादाय श्रपितं तत्क्षणान्मया । स्नात्वा च निजवर्गाणां पितॄनुद्दिश्य चात्मनः । प्रदत्तं लुब्धकानां च भक्तिपूर्वं द्विजोत्तमाः
tataḥ sarvaṃ samādāya śrapitaṃ tatkṣaṇānmayā | snātvā ca nijavargāṇāṃ pitṝnuddiśya cātmanaḥ | pradattaṃ lubdhakānāṃ ca bhaktipūrvaṃ dvijottamāḥ
പിന്നെ എല്ലാം ഒരുമിച്ച് എടുത്ത് ഞാൻ ഉടൻ തന്നെ പാകം ചെയ്തു. സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, എന്റെ വംശത്തിലെ പിതൃകളെ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച്, എന്റെ മംഗളാർത്ഥവും കരുതി, ഭക്തിപൂർവ്വം വേട്ടക്കാര്ക്കും അത് നൽകി, ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ।
First-person narrator addressing dvijottamas (brāhmaṇas)
Listener: dvija-uttamāḥ
Scene: The protagonist cooks the gathered provisions, bathes, dedicates the offering to the Fathers of his lineage, and then devoutly distributes the food to hunters—showing ritual purity joined with compassionate giving.
FAQs
Śrāddha is paired with purity (snāna), right intention (uddiśya), and generosity (dāna) offered with devotion.
The narrative sits in a tīrtha-māhātmya section, but the particular tīrtha is not identified in this excerpt.
Cook the prepared items, bathe, dedicate the offering to one’s pitṛs, and give food/charity to recipients (here, hunters) with devotion.