Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
श्राद्धं विनापि दातव्यं तद्दिने मधुना सह । पायसं ब्राह्मणाग्र्येभ्यः सघृतं तृप्तिकारणात्
śrāddhaṃ vināpi dātavyaṃ taddine madhunā saha | pāyasaṃ brāhmaṇāgryebhyaḥ saghṛtaṃ tṛptikāraṇāt
औपचारिक श्राद्ध न केले तरी, त्या दिवशी मधासह दान अवश्य द्यावे. तृप्तीच्या कारणासाठी श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणांना तुपासहित पायस (खीर) द्यावा.
Unnamed narrator/teacher in Nāgarakhaṇḍa (addressing a king; context suggests instruction to a ruler)
Listener: Pārthiva (King)
Scene: A ritual feeding scene: brāhmaṇas seated in a row on kuśa mats; servers present bowls of pāyasa glistening with ghee and a small vessel of honey; the donor offers with reverence, mentally dedicating to Pitṛs.
FAQs
Sincere dāna for the Pitṛs—especially feeding worthy brāhmaṇas—can please the ancestors even if a complete śrāddha cannot be performed.
The verse occurs within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the snippet emphasizes pitṛ-related observance connected to that tīrtha-context rather than naming a single site in this line.
Give pāyasa (sweet milk-rice) with ghee and honey to eminent brāhmaṇas as a pitṛ-pleasing act.