Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
नियमे च कृते दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय तदेव हि । नियमस्तु कृतो यस्य स्वशक्त्या स्यात्फलं ततः
niyame ca kṛte dadyādbrāhmaṇāya tadeva hi | niyamastu kṛto yasya svaśaktyā syātphalaṃ tataḥ
നിയമം പൂർത്തിയായാൽ അതേ വ്രതദാനം ബ്രാഹ്മണനു നൽകണം. ആരാണ് സ്വന്തം ശേഷിയനുസരിച്ച് നിയമം ആചരിച്ചതോ, അവനു ഫലവും അതനുസരിച്ചേ ലഭിക്കൂ।
Skanda (deduced)
Listener: general audience within the discourse; Brāhmaṇa addressee implied
Scene: A vow-ending ceremony: devotee offers cloth, food, or a pot of ghee to a seated Brāhmaṇa, with a small fire or lamp, and family witnessing respectfully.
FAQs
A vow is perfected by charity, and merit is measured by sincere effort within one’s true capacity.
No specific site is named in this verse; it gives a general dharma rule within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
After completing the niyama, give the vowed offering as dāna to a Brāhmaṇa; merit corresponds to one’s capacity-based observance.