Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
यज्ञांते सीतया रामो विज्ञप्तः सुविनीतया । अस्याध्वरस्य संपत्ती दक्षिणां देहि सुव्रत
yajñāṃte sītayā rāmo vijñaptaḥ suvinītayā | asyādhvarasya saṃpattī dakṣiṇāṃ dehi suvrata
यज्ञाच्या समाप्तीला सुविनीत सीतेने रामास नम्रतेने विनंती केली— “हे सुव्रत! या अध्वराची सर्व संपत्ती सहित यथोचित दक्षिणा द्या।”
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A completed yajña: fire-altar still glowing, priests seated with kuśa and ladles; Sītā, modest and composed, addresses Rāma to give full dakṣiṇā and completion-gifts.
FAQs
A sacrifice becomes spiritually complete when it is sealed with dakṣiṇā and rightful gifts—dāna is integral to dharma, not optional.
The verse sets up the Dharmāraṇya context; the immediate glorification unfolds through the later naming of Sītāpura and Dharmālaya within Dharmāraṇya.
Giving dakṣiṇā and the proper completion-gifts (saṃpatti) at the end of a yajña.