Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 167
अथ ते ब्राह्मणास्तस्य धटारोहणसंभवम् । शुद्धिं निर्दिश्य वारं च सूर्यस्य च ततः परम् । जग्मुः स्वंस्वं गृहं सर्वे सोऽपि विप्रोंऽत्यजो द्विजाः
atha te brāhmaṇāstasya dhaṭārohaṇasaṃbhavam | śuddhiṃ nirdiśya vāraṃ ca sūryasya ca tataḥ param | jagmuḥ svaṃsvaṃ gṛhaṃ sarve so'pi viproṃ'tyajo dvijāḥ
मग त्या ब्राह्मणांनी त्याच्या ‘घटारोहण’ विधीतून होणारी शुद्धी सांगितली आणि सूर्याशी संबंधित योग्य वार/अनुष्ठानही ठरविले। त्यानंतर सर्वजण आपापल्या घरी गेले; आणि तो ‘विप्र’ही—खरे तर अंत्यज—हे द्विजहो, (तिथेच राहिला)।
Narrator (within the Tīrthamāhātmya episode)
Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas conclude the rite, formally declaring purification and prescribing a Sun-related observance; the group disperses. A figure remains, revealed as antyaja despite being called ‘vipra,’ creating a poignant, quiet aftermath.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often connect ritual action with purification and prescribed observances; dharma is shown as structured through rites and timing.
The verse is embedded in a Tīrthamāhātmya passage of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the immediate snippet does not specify the tīrtha by name.
A śuddhi (purification) connected to “ghaṭārohaṇa” and an observance associated with Sūrya (the Sun) are prescribed.
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