Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
अस्माकं त्वं हितार्थाय यत्रेष्टं तत्र गम्यताम् । उस्रा वेदेति मंत्रेण समुच्चार्य ततः परम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदातव्या संविभज्य नराधिप
asmākaṃ tvaṃ hitārthāya yatreṣṭaṃ tatra gamyatām | usrā vedeti maṃtreṇa samuccārya tataḥ param | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradātavyā saṃvibhajya narādhipa
ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഹിതത്തിനായി നീ ഇഷ്ടമുള്ളിടത്തേക്ക് പോകുക. തുടർന്ന് ‘ഉസ്രാ വേദേ…’ എന്നു തുടങ്ങുന്ന മന്ത്രം ഉച്ചരിച്ച്, അത് വിഭജിച്ച് ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കു ദാനമായി നൽകണം, ഹേ നരാധിപാ।
Unknown (ritual instruction; includes a dismissal formula and Vedic-mantra incipit)
Listener: narādhipa/pārthiva (king)
Scene: A king, having completed a solemn donation rite, recites a Vedic mantra while attendants bring portions of the offering; disciplined brāhmaṇas sit in rows receiving distributed gifts; the atmosphere is orderly and auspicious.
FAQs
The fruit of ritual worship culminates in generosity—sharing the consecrated offering with worthy recipients as an act of dharma.
The verse is part of the broader tīrtha-mahātmya setting, but it does not name a particular location.
Recite a dismissal formula, chant the mantra beginning “usrā vede…”, and then distribute the offering as dāna to brāhmaṇas.