Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
ततो विसर्ज्य तान्विप्रान्भोजनं स्वयमाचरेत् । सर्वाहारेण राजेंद्र पंचगव्यप्रपूर्वकम्
tato visarjya tānviprānbhojanaṃ svayamācaret | sarvāhāreṇa rājeṃdra paṃcagavyaprapūrvakam
त्यानंतर त्या ब्राह्मणांना सन्मानपूर्वक निरोप देऊन, हे राजेंद्र, स्वतः भोजन करावे। प्रथम पंचगव्य सेवन करून, मग सर्व प्रकारच्या आहाराने व्रत-नियमाचा भंग करावा।
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājendra (king)
Scene: A vrata-observer, having fed seated brāhmaṇas, offers respectful dismissal; then receives pañcagavya and begins the concluding meal in a tīrtha setting.
FAQs
A vow should be concluded properly—honor others first, then return to ordinary life through a ritually mindful closure.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse; it details the concluding procedure of the observance.
After dismissing the brāhmaṇas, perform pāraṇa by eating—beginning with pañcagavya, then taking normal foods.