Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
तदर्थं शरदश्चांते शुभर्त्तौ ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः । चातुश्चरणसंपन्नाः संस्थाप्याः षोडशैव तु
tadarthaṃ śaradaścāṃte śubharttau brāhmaṇottamāḥ | cātuścaraṇasaṃpannāḥ saṃsthāpyāḥ ṣoḍaśaiva tu
म्हणून शरदऋतूच्या शेवटी शुभ मुहूर्तावर, चातुश्चरण (वेदाध्ययन व सदाचार) संपन्न असे सोळा श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण या विधीसाठी विधिपूर्वक संस्थापावेत।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional style; common Skanda→listener framing)
Tirtha: Garttā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sixteen brāhmaṇas are ceremonially appointed and seated in an orderly arrangement at a tīrtha pavilion during late autumn; ritual vessels, darbha, and manuscripts indicate Vedic completeness.
FAQs
Sacred rites at a tīrtha should be performed with proper timing and with qualified, disciplined Brāhmaṇas so that the act becomes dharma-filled and merit-bearing.
The surrounding verses indicate Garttā-tīrtha (Garttātīrtha) as the focal sacred site in this adhyāya.
Install/seat sixteen well-qualified Brāhmaṇas at an auspicious time at the end of autumn for the intended tīrtha-rite.