Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
यथा भवति वै पूर्वं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवैः कृतम् । तस्य देवा न गृह्णंति हृव्यं कव्यं च पूर्वजाः
yathā bhavati vai pūrvaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivaiḥ kṛtam | tasya devā na gṛhṇaṃti hṛvyaṃ kavyaṃ ca pūrvajāḥ
जसे पूर्वी ब्रह्मा, विष्णू आणि शिव यांनी ठरविले आहे—त्याचे हव्य देव स्वीकारत नाहीत आणि त्याचे कव्य पितरही ग्रहण करत नाहीत.
Deductive attribution: a Purāṇic narrator/instructor within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Listener: nṛpasattama (best of kings)
Scene: A homa and śrāddha scene where divine and ancestral presences withdraw: offerings rise as smoke but do not reach Devas/Pitṛs, illustrating non-acceptance.
FAQs
Ritual acts bear fruit only when supported by dharma; otherwise, even offerings to gods and ancestors are not received.
No tīrtha is named; the verse lays down a general rule about ritual acceptance.
Havya (deva-offerings) and kavya (pitṛ-offerings) are referenced, implying the necessity of dharmic eligibility for rites.