Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । जपच्छिद्रं तपश्छिद्रं यच्छिद्रं यज्ञकर्मणि । सर्वं भवति निश्छिद्रं यस्य चेच्छंति ब्राह्मणाः
bhartṛyajña uvāca | japacchidraṃ tapaśchidraṃ yacchidraṃ yajñakarmaṇi | sarvaṃ bhavati niśchidraṃ yasya cecchaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ
भर्तृयज्ञ म्हणाले—जपातील दोष, तपातील दोष आणि यज्ञकर्मातील कोणताही दोष—ज्याला ब्राह्मण इच्छितात व मान्यता देतात, त्याचे ते सर्व निर्दोष होते.
Bhartṛyajña
Listener: Brāhmaṇas in the episode
Scene: Bhartṛyajña addresses the assembly, enumerating japa/tapas/yajña defects and declaring their removal through brāhmaṇa approval; brāhmaṇas appear as dignified ‘kṣitidevatāḥ’.
FAQs
Ritual integrity is upheld through rightful authority and communal sanction; dharma is repaired by proper guidance and approval.
The verse emphasizes ritual principle rather than naming a particular tīrtha, within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s sacred-place discourse.
It states that defects in japa, tapas, and yajña can be rendered ‘niśchidra’ (faultless) when rightly endorsed/rectified by brāhmaṇas.